Blackstone Audiobooks

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Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Type Private
Industry Publishing
Founded 1987
Founder(s) Craig Black, Michelle Black
Headquarters Ashland, Oregon
Products Audiobooks
Website Blackstone Audiobooks

Blackstone Audio is the largest independent audiobook publisher in the United States, offering over 9,000 audiobooks.[1] The company is based in Ashland, Oregon with five in-house recording studios. It is the official publisher of audio plays by the award-winning Hollywood Theater of the Ear.[1]

Blackstone selects titles which include exclusives, bestsellers, movie tie-ins. Blackstone releases 50-75 new audiobooks each month with simultaneous releases available on CD, MP3-CD, and digital formats.[1][2]

Corporate history

Blackstone was founded in 1987 by Craig and Michelle Black of Oregon.

In August 2012, Blackstone Audio launched an audiobook ecommerce website, Downpour.com, providing Blackstone audio titles as well as other publisher's titles to the retail market.

In January 2013, Blackstone Audio was acquired by AudioGO for an undisclosed sum.[3] Ten months later, in October of that year, AudioGO sold Blackstone back to the Black family, with the UK arm of AudioGO ceasing business operations as it sought a buyer or investor.<ref name=bookseller">"AudioGO suspends business operations". The Bookseller. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013. </ref> <ref name=publishersweekly">"Blackstone Audio buys AudioGO US arm". Publishers Weekly. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013. </ref>

Narrators

Blackstone's notable narrators include:[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Blackstone Audio - About Us". Blackstone Audio Inc. Retrieved September 6, 2010. 
  2. ↑ "FEDLINK Services Directory: Blackstone Audiobooks". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 6, 2010. 
  3. ↑ "AudioGO Acquires Blackstone Audio". Publishers Weekly. January 4, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Blackstone Audio - Meet our narrators". Blackstone Audio Inc. Retrieved September 6, 2010. 

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