Blackstone Audio

Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Company type	Private
Industry	Publishing
Founded	1987
Founder	Craig & Michelle Black
Headquarters	Ashland, Oregon
Key people	Josh Stanton (CEO); Grover Gardner (Studio Director);
Products	Audiobooks, Print Books, and eBooks
Number of employees	250–300 (2019)
Website	www.blackstonepublishing.com

Blackstone Audio is an independent audiobook publisher in the United States, offering over 25,000 audiobooks. The company is based in Ashland, Oregon, with five in-house recording studios. Blackstone distributes directly to consumers via their subscription e-commerce site, Downpour.com, and to the library market with titles from Blackstone, Macmillan, Hachette, HarperCollins, Brilliance, BBC, and Disney Press.

Blackstone has made deals with other audiobook companies where Blackstone manufactures physical CD & MP3 CD format media and distributes them to retail and library locations. Labels under this program include Naxos AudioBooks and Recorded Books.

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