Blackstone Audio
Private | |
Industry | Publishing |
Founded | 1987 |
Founder | Craig Black, Michelle Black |
Headquarters | Ashland, Oregon |
Products | Audiobooks |
Website |
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Blackstone Audio is one of the largest independent audiobook publishers in the United States, offering over 10,000 audiobooks.[1] The company is based in Ashland, Oregon with five in-house recording studios. Blackstone distributes directly to consumers on their e-commerce site, as well as to the library market with titles from Blackstone, Hachette, HarperCollins, BBC and Disney Press.[1][2]
Corporate history
Blackstone was founded in 1987 by Craig and Michelle Black of Oregon.
In August 2012, Blackstone launched an audiobook e-commerce website, Downpour.com, providing Blackstone audio titles as well as other publisher's titles to the retail market.[3][4][5] In January 2013 the company was acquired by AudioGO for an undisclosed sum.[6] 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.[7][8]
Awards
In December 2011, Blackstone Audio's production of Hamlet at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival was nominated for a Grammy Award.[9] In 2014 the company won two Audie Awards.[10]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Blackstone Audio - About Us". Blackstone Audio Inc. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
- ↑ "FEDLINK Services Directory: Blackstone Audiobooks". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
- ↑ "First thoughts on Downpour: DRM-free and beta-testing (updated)". The AudioBookaneers. 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "Downpour.com–an audiobook delivery system that just works". SFFAudio.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "Downpour.com". Download.com. 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
- ↑ "AudioGO Acquires Blackstone Audio". Publishers Weekly. January 4, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
- ↑ "AudioGO suspends business operations". The Bookseller. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ↑ "Blackstone Audio buys AudioGO US arm". Publishers Weekly. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ↑ "Blackstone up for Grammys". Ashland Daily Tidings. 2011-12-12. Retrieved 2014-11-13.
- ↑ "2014 Audie Award winners". Library Journal. 2014-06-12. Retrieved 2014-11-13.