@geneven:
It does seem so close indeed. I first tried installing the simple Audible player, but it always crashed after installing. I just tried installing the Audible Air version from http://download.audible.com/audibleair/otaman.htm , and it installed fine. (I had to exit after installing, so that the icon in the Garnet window is changed from that of the installer to the icon for the Audible player. When I launched the VM for the second time I saw the Audible player icon.)
As geneven said, Audible opens fine, but when I tried to play the free sample, the VM crashed.