History and Growth
– The Quarto Group was founded in 1976 by Bob Morley, Michael Jackson, and Laurence Orbach.
– In 1986, Quarto listed on the London Stock Exchange.
– Quarto acquired three new imprints in the late 1990s: Rotovision, Book Sales Inc, and Rockport Publishers.
– The group expanded further in the US by acquiring Book Sales, Rockport Publishers, Walter Foster, Creative Publishing International, and more.
– Quarto grew in the UK by acquiring Aurum Press and Jacqui Small.
Awards and Recognitions
– In 2016, ‘The Bear and the Piano’ by David Litchfield won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for Illustrated Book.
– In 2017, ‘There’s a tiger in the garden’ by Lizzy Stewart won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for Illustrated Book.
– ‘The Colours of History’ by Clive Gifford won the Blue Peter Book Awards 2019 for Best Book with Facts.
– Karine Marko, Group Director of Foreign Rights at The Quarto Group, won the British Book Awards 2018 for Rights Professional of the Year.
Controversy
– Investigative research by the Financial Times revealed that Quarto has been censoring some of its books to be sold in China.
– References to Taiwan, Tibet, Hong Kong, and Ai Weiwei were deleted or altered in the book ‘This Book is Anti-Racist.’
International Publishing Partnerships
– Quarto Editora was launched in Brazil in 2014 through a partnership with Editora Nobel.
– Kalimat Quarto was launched in 2016 in partnership with Kalimat Group for publishing books in Arabic.
– Quarto Iberoamericana, launched in 2017, is Quartos Spanish language imprint in partnership with Catapulta Editores.
Imprints and Acquisitions
– Aurum Press is one of Quartos imprints.
– becker&mayer! books and becker&mayer! kids are imprints under Quarto.
– Walter Foster Jr. is an imprint of Quarto.
– Wellfleet Press and White Lion Publishing are imprints under Quarto.
– Wide Eyed Editions and words&pictures are two more imprints of Quarto.
– Quarto buys Ivy Press for £1.3m in February 2015.
– Quarto Buys Becker&Mayer.
– Quarto disposes of Regent Publishing Services for $7m in March 2017.
– Quarto launches Spanish language imprint: Quarto Iberoamericana in April 2016.
– Quarto Group acquires various companies to expand its portfolio.
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The Quarto Group is a global illustrated book publishing group founded in 1976. It is domiciled in the United States and listed on the London Stock Exchange.
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| Traded as | LSE: QRT |
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| Founded | 1976 (as The Quarto Group) |
| Founders | Bob Morley, Michael Jackson, Laurence Orbach |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London |
| Distribution | Hachette (UK, US) |
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| Imprints | Below |
| Revenue |  $ 151.5 million (2021) |
| Official website | www |
Quarto creates and sells illustrated books for adults and children, across 50 countries and in 40 languages, through a variety of traditional and non-traditional channels. Quarto employs c.330 people in eight offices in London, Brighton, New York City, Boston, Seattle, Southern California and Hong Kong. In July 2020, its publication This Book Is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell reached the Number 1 position on The New York Times bestseller list.
The group was established by co-founders Laurence Orbach and Robert Morley and was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1986. Laurence Orbach was chairman and CEO until November 2012, when he was replaced as chairman by Tim Chadwick and Marcus Leaver as CEO.
Chuk Kin Lau, the principal shareholder, became Group CEO in July 2018. In February 2020, the Italian publisher, Giunti took a significant shareholding and Andrea Giunti joined Quarto's board of directors.
In September 2020, Chuk Kin Lau became President and Polly Powell was appointed Group CEO. In January 2022, Alison Goff was appointed new Group CEO.