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词条 The Quarto Group
释义

  1. History

  2. International publishing partnerships

  3. Imprints

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

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| traded_as = {{LSE|QRT}}
| founded = 1976 (as The Quarto Group)
| founders = Bob Morley, Michael Jackson, Laurence Orbach[1]
| image = 211x125Quarto-Group-Logo.png
| country = United Kingdom
| headquarters = Islington
London
| distribution = Hachette (UK, USA)[2][3]
| keypeople = Marcus Leaver Chairman & CEO
| parent =
| divisions =
| revenue = {{Increase}} $ 188.4 million (2016)
| imprints = Below
| url = {{url|www.quarto.com}}
}}

The Quarto Group ({{LSE|QRT}}) is a global illustrated book publishing group founded in 1976. It is domiciled in the United States and listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Quarto sells books across 50 countries and in 39 languages through a variety of traditional and non-traditional channels. Quarto employs over 400 people in 11 offices in London, Brighton, Bristol, New York City, Minneapolis, Boston, Seattle, California, Hong Kong and Sydney.

The group was established by co-founders Laurence Orbach and Robert Morley and was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1986.[4] Laurence Orbach was Chairman and CEO until November 2012, when he was replaced as Chairman by Tim Chadwick and Marcus Leaver as CEO.[5]

History

The Quarto Group was founded by Bob Morley, Michael Jackson and Laurence Orbach in the early 1970s and was finally established as The Quarto Group in 1976.[6] In 1986, Quarto listed on the London stock exchange.[7]

By the late 1990s, Quarto had acquired three new imprints, Rotovision, Book Sales Inc and Rockport Publishers and founded another four imprints, Quarto Children's Books, Quintet and Aurum Press that published health, lifestyle and children’s books. The group expanded further in the US – with the addition of Book Sales, Rockport Publishers, Walter Foster, Creative Publishing International, Motorbooks, and more recently, Cool Springs Press. In the UK, Quarto grew by acquiring Jacqui Small, Frances Lincoln and Wide Eyed Editions.[7][8].[8][9] By the 2000s, The Quarto Group had increased imprints and genres, along with this, a steady increase in its share value.[9] In August 2011, The Quarto Group acquired independent UK book publisher Frances Lincoln for £4.5 million.[10]

In 2012, Marcus Leaver took over from Laurence Orbach as Group CEO [11] and in the same year, the group made a profit of $11.4 million (£7.3 million) on revenue of $181 million (£116 million).[12] Since then, the group has pursued a stated strategy of growing both organically and through judicious acquisitions, while constantly focusing on operational efficiencies.

With increasing profit, 2013 saw a restructure of The Quarto Group by creating and renaming four distinct businesses:[13] Quarto Publishing UK, Quarto Publishing US, Quarto Publishing International Co-editions and Books & Gifts Direct. By 2014, the group had started two new children's imprints: Wide Eyed Editions and words & pictures,[14] and acquired small world creations[14] This helped the increase in share price by 60% since 2010.[15] This helped the increase in share prices by 60% since 2010.[16] In 2015 Quarto acquired Ivy Press and Ivy Kids for £1.5m and continued its expansion [17]

In 2017, Quarto implemented a new organizational structure, moving away from geographic business divisions and encouraging imprints to be run as independent businesses with creative, commercial and financial oversight from the centre. The group has established a central platform that includes finance, operations, sales, marketing and foreign rights sales and that services all 48 imprints.[18]

That same year, Quarto sold its last two non-publishing businesses – Books & Gifts Direct (Australia/New Zealand) and Regent Publishing Services (Hong Kong) – and is now solely focused on its core publishing expertise.[19]

International publishing partnerships

The Quarto Group has launched a number of foreign-language imprints through international partnerships with foreign publishers. These include:

Quarto Editora

The Quarto Editora imprint was launched in Brazil in 2014 through an international publishing partnership with Brasil Franchising and their publishing business Editora Nobel. Quarto Editora publishes in categories such as cookery, beauty and self-help. Nobel Editora distributes the books through its franchises and main book trade channels.

Kalimat Quarto

Kalimat Quarto was launched in 2016 as an international publishing partnership with Sharjah-based Kalimat Group. The imprint publishes books in Arabic and distributes them throughout the Middle East and North Africa.[20]

Quarto Iberoamericana

Announced in May 2017, Quarto Iberoamericana is Quarto's Spanish language imprint launched in partnership with Argentina-based publisher Catapulta Editores S.L. The imprint publishes 20 books a year with the first six books, launching in Autumn 2017, in adult categories such as cookery, lifestyle and spirituality. Catapulta Editores will be responsible for sales and distribution in Spain, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. Quarto is expected to announce more partners to distribute the books in the rest of Latin America and North America in the near future.[21]

Imprints

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  • Apple Press
  • Aurum Press
  • becker&mayer! books
  • becker&mayer! kids
  • Book Sales
  • Burgess Lea Press
  • Cool Springs Press
  • Creative Publishing International
  • Epic Ink Books
  • Fair Winds Press
  • Fine Wine Editions
  • Frances Lincoln Publishers
  • Frances Lincoln Children's Books
  • Global Book Publishing
  • Harvard Common Press
  • Iqon Editions
  • Ivy Kids
  • Ivy Press
{{Col-break}}
  • Jacqui Small
  • Laguna Press
  • Leaping Hare Press
  • Marshall Editions
  • MoonDance Press
  • Motorbooks
  • QED/QEB Publishing
  • Quad Books
  • Quantum Publishing
  • Quarry Books
  • Quarto Children's Books
  • Quarto Innovation
  • Quarto Press
  • Quarto Publishing
  • Quid Publishing
  • Quintessence
  • Quintet Publishing
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  • Race Point Publishing
  • Rock Point Gift & Stationery
  • Rockport Publishers
  • RotoVision
  • Seagrass Press
  • small world creations
  • SmartLab Toys
  • Voyageur Press
  • Walter Foster
  • Walter Foster Jr.
  • Wellfleet Press
  • words&pictures
  • Wide Eyed Editions
  • Young Voyageur
{{Col-break}}{{col-end}}

See also

  • Books in the United States
  • Books in the United Kingdom

References

1. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.quartoknows.com/Corporate/Our-History/|title=The Quarto Group (UK): The Quarto Story |accessdate= 4 February 2016 }}
2. ^Our Clients
3. ^[https://www.hachettebookgroup.biz/client-publishers/our-clients/ Hachette - Our Clients]
4. ^{{ cite web |url= https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/FC013814/filing-history?page=4 |title=The Quarto Grp Inc. |accessdate= 4 February 2016 }}
5. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.thebookseller.com/category/tags/laurence-orbach |title=Orbach removed as Quarto director |work=The Bookseller |date=8 November 2012 |accessdate=9 July 2013}}
6. ^{{cite web |url= https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-prod/docs/yEMWixixpyFjTqtgQlyrOlDidv2eoyACBlQh6TJ5KuM/application-pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=ASIAJWDRSLFMS6IUDCWA&Expires=1454588283&Signature=1SFhcEFztWH0JuPaOikALC3%2FMIU%3D&x-amz-security-token=AQoDYXdzEFoa4AOBWD5%2FwAhwfcKp5jrO9mTevAHDLzXkmUQ1EQrWIbbnfshfoqVnYU1OUusXmtFF4ZwDp4li1E%2BlK1XdsC0tWZTXpDh3Qc9tOO4RIQy48e6tu8uoJgudLzrilaS4A4UwTsciqPfAlhVbgQsUrydsK7jSWFa938CcBRF%2F3fNWJfXNzll%2Ff3XAHH%2BvE1FkLU%2F55UZfYZBDzcycBnYKy%2BDm%2F6nKMjWfCowdNwqvZR1yhVbdB3aAhgKFaho3Xap9d1iYz4SaHce37khiBJ1yJ3smmA0L25i%2FxTz%2Fb9D1Dx419kxi6SPMweEF649MbT%2FIwKeTYiJtlqRUH%2Bpi0ny9NMJ%2F%2FdXpaz7hxOuBNNssURbVaHZ%2Fq3%2FyFk2Oe9arMasXmvgyMH37LOi5MG4uwh929Dm6TmAyeAy2KrXNTFx8DuujwNTPifu5nob87boq0d3j74TcSzALVSjkKjU9WZkdgLHTrbjx6thpAmjq4ZRWBv4P23mS2ErD9sfWXsvBykkIppEdEd%2BICxrsEC7O31lrEOL4BR4F4XIWpLDueoVN4uAu2s7bm6KSsxFfpi8yGJPtRmHS4IzRSroWhoCuY1OyHDsp4955Xrr3RrtTz0TvwewxG%2BuZIY35xHcqvwvQ%2Bi119Nqcdoog6KXMtQU%3D |title= Return and Declaration Delivered for Registration by Oversea Company (UK): beta.companieshouse.gov.uk |accessdate= 4 February 2016 | deadurl=yes}}
7. ^{{ cite web |url= https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/FC013814/filing-history?page=4 |title=The Quarto Grp Inc. |accessdate= 4 February 2016 }}
8. ^{{ cite web |url= https://commerce.us.reuters.com/purchase/showReportDetail.do?docid=41895396 |title= Analyst Research Report Snapshot|accessdate= 4 February 2016 }}
9. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/aurum-publishing-group-created |title= Aurum Publishing Group Created |first=Benedicte |last= Page |work= The Bookseller |date= January 25, 2013 |accessdate= 4 February 2016}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/quarto-snaps-frances-lincoln |title= Quarto Snaps-up Frances Lincoln |first= Graeme |last= Neill |work=The Bookseller |date= 16 August 2011 |accessdate= 4 February 2016}}
11. ^{{ cite web |url= http://markets.ft.com/research/Markets/Tearsheets/Directors-and-dealings?s=QRT:LSE |title= Directors & Dealings |accessdate= 4 February 2016 }}
12. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/quarto-looks-cut-debt-after-2012-revenue-fall |title=Quarto Looks to Cut Debt After 2012 revenue fall |first=Joshua |last=Farringdon |work=Bookseller |date=12 March 2013 |accessdate=5 February 2016}}
13. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/quarto-looks-cut-debt-after-2012-revenue-fall |title=Quarto Looks to Cut Debt After 2012 revenue fall |first=Joshua |last=Farringdon |work=Bookseller |date=12 March 2013 |accessdate=5 February 2016}}
14. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/quarto-predicts-annual-profits-122m |title= Quarto predicts annual profits 122m |first=charlotte |last=Eyre |work=The Bookseller |date= 16 October 2014 |accessdate=4 February 2016}}
15. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/williams-made-Frances-Lincoln-childrens-publisher |title= Williams made Frances Lincoln publisher|first= charlotte |last=Eyre |work= The Bookseller |date= 4 April 2014 |accessdate= 4 February 2016 }}
16. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d9c71fb2-d6c0-11e4-97c3-00144feab7de.html#axzz3zwgcQFaU |title= Two Chief Executives Who Could make a Big Impact|first= John |last=Lee |work= The Financial Times |date= 2 February 2015 |accessdate= 12 February 2016 }}
17. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/quarto-buys-ivy-press-13m |title= Quarto buys Ivy Press for £1.3m|first= Joshua |last=Farringdon|work= The Bookseller |date= 25 February 2015 |accessdate= 4 February 2016 }}
18. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/73418-quarto-group-restructures-sales-and-marketing.html |title= Quarto Group Restructures Sales and Marketing|first= Jim|last=Millot|work= Publisher's Weekly |date= 24 April 2017 |accessdate= 11 May 2017 }}
19. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/quarto-disposes-regent-publishing-services-7m-513511 |title= Quarto disposes of Regent Publishing Services for $7m |first= Lisa|last=Campbell|work= The Bookseller |date= 24 March 2017 |accessdate= 11 May 2017 }}
20. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail/QRT/12776737.html|first= Stock|last=Exchange|work= The Stock Exchange |date= 14 April 2016 |accessdate= 11 May 2017 }}
21. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/quarto-launches-new-spanish-language-imprint-quarto-iberoamericana-542921|first= Catherine|last=Cowdry|work= Quarto launches Spanish language imprint: Quarto Iberoamericana |date= 26 April 2016 |accessdate= 11 May 2017 }}

External links

  • {{Official website|www.quarto.com}}
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