About Us
Blackstone Publishing: an independent publishing house where authors, readers, narrators, and listeners feel at home.
Our Story
Founded in 1987 by Craig and Michelle Black, Blackstone Publishing started in a small garage where a handful of family members and employees worked to build their audiobook business one cassette tape at a time. A truly independent, family-owned publisher with offices on both coasts, Blackstone is committed to bringing entertaining stories to as many people as possible and to forging long-term connections with the bookselling community.
Audiobooks
Blackstone is one of the nation's largest independent audiobook publishers, offering over 85,000 unabridged audiobook titles and releasing over 500 new titles each month. We have state-of-the-art recording studios in Oregon and New York and work closely with narrators and authors to produce high-quality and award-winning listening experiences.
Print Publishing
In 2015, building on its legacy as a leading publisher of audiobooks, Blackstone expanded into the world of e-books and print books and now publishes talented writers such as Adrian McKinty, Catherine Ryan Howard, Jeneva Rose, Gabriel García Márquez, Ira Levin, Nicholas Sansbury Smtih, Michael Crichton, James Clavell, Don Winslow, R. L. Stine, and many more.
Blackstone titles are printed in the USA at company headquarters in Ashland, Oregon, most of its paper coming from mills that source from responsibly managed forests, use minimal chemicals, and are powered by renewable energy sources.
Welcome Home
Today, Blackstone has firmly positioned itself as one of America's fastest-growing and respected publishing houses, with multiple New York Times bestsellers, Grammy Award–winning audio productions, and books placed on the New York Times Best Books of the Year list. Every book we publish gets the care and attention it deserves. We pride ourselves on flexibility, communication, responsiveness, and friendliness. For more information, call (800) 378-1304 or email [email protected].