publishing founded 1987 founder craig black michelle black headquarters ashland oregon products audiobooks website www.blackstoneaudio.com 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 contents 1 corporate history 1.1 awards 2 see also 3 references 4 external links corporate history edit 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 edit 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 edit list of companies based in oregon references edit a b 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 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title blackstone audio & oldid 719527156 categories 1987 establishments in oregonaudiobook companies and organizationscompanies based in ashland oregonprivately held companies based in oregonpublishing companies established in 1987hidden categories use mdy dates from june 2013pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 may 2016 at 06 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view