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the quarto group wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history 2 awards 3 controversy 4 international publishing partnerships 5 imprints 6 see also 7 notes 8 references 9 external links toggle the table of contents the quarto group 2 languages فارسی اردو edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia redirected from aurum press illustrated book publishing group the quarto group founded 1976 as the quarto group founders bob morley michael jackson laurence orbach 1 country of origin united kingdom headquarters location london distribution hachette uk us 2 3 key people chuk kin lau president andy cumming chairman alison goff group ceo 4 imprints below revenue 151 5 million 2021 4 official website quarto com the quarto group is a global illustrated book publishing group founded in 1976 it is domiciled in the united states 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 around 300 people in five offices in london brighton new york city boston and hong kong 5 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 6 the group was established by co founders laurence orbach and robert morley and was listed on the london stock exchange in 1986 7 orbach was chairman and ceo until november 2012 when he was replaced as chairman by tim chadwick and as ceo by marcus leaver 8 chuk kin lau the principal shareholder became group ceo in july 2018 9 in february 2020 the italian publisher giunti took a significant shareholding and andrea giunti joined quarto s board of directors 10 11 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 12 the company decided to delist from the london stock exchange in january 2024 history edit 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 13 in 1986 quarto listed on the london stock exchange 14 by the late 1990s quarto had acquired three new imprints rotovision book sales inc and rockport publishers and founded quarto children s books quintet and quintessence that published art 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 aurum press and then jacqui small in 2004 15 by the 2000s the quarto group had increased imprints and genres along with this a steady increase in its share value in august 2011 the quarto group acquired independent uk book publisher frances lincoln for 4 5 million 16 in 2012 marcus leaver took over from laurence orbach as group ceo 17 by 2014 the group had started two new children s imprints wide eyed editions and words pictures 18 and acquired small world creations in 2015 quarto acquired ivy press and ivy kids for 1 5m and continued its expansion 19 in 2016 quarto acquired smartlab and becker mayer a co edition publisher based in bellevue wa for 9 8 million 20 quarto sold its last two non publishing businesses in 2017 books gifts direct australia new zealand and regent publishing services hong kong and is now solely focused on its core publishing expertise 21 awards edit 2016 waterstones children s book prize illustrated book the bear and the piano by david litchfield published by frances lincoln children s books 22 2017 waterstones children s book prize illustrated book there s a tiger in the garden by lizzy stewart published by frances lincoln children s books 23 blue peter book awards 2019 best book with facts the colours of history by clive gifford published by qed publishing 24 british book awards 2018 rights professional of the year karine marko group director of foreign rights at the quarto group 25 controversy edit investigative research by the financial times found out that since 2020 quarto has been censoring some of its books in order to allow them to be printed and sold in china references to taiwan tibet hong kong and the chinese dissident ai weiwei were deleted or altered including in the award winning book this book is anti racist 26 international publishing partnerships edit 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 27 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 28 quantumn publishing in addition quatro owns quantumn publishing which publishes books in london for third parties who own various imprints but do not have their own physical publishing operations 29 as part of this business quantumn publishing also offers design and editing services to these international third parties 29 they are credited after the party that officially is the publisher as this book was produced by quantum publishing 30 imprints edit aurum press a becker mayer books becker mayer kids book sales bright press burgess lea press carnival chartwell books cool springs press creative publishing international 31 design eye epic ink books fair winds press frances lincoln frances lincoln children s books global book publishing happy yak harvard common press holler iqon editions ivy kids ivy press kaddo leaping hare press motorbooks mvp books 31 quarry books quarto publishing quiver 31 race point publishing rock point gift stationery 31 rockport publishers voyageur press walter foster walter foster jr wellfleet press white lion publishing wide eyed editions words pictures zenith press 31 see also edit books in the united states books in the united kingdom notes edit source of main list our imprints the quarto group n d archived from the original on 25 november 2021 retrieved 27 august 2025 references edit the quarto group uk the quarto story retrieved 4 february 2016 our clients archived from the original on 18 september 2017 retrieved 17 september 2017 hachette our clients archived from the original on 11 september 2017 retrieved 17 september 2017 1 2 the quarto group annual report 2021 pdf the quarto group archived from the original pdf on 14 may 2022 investor reports presentations the quarto group www quarto com archived from the original on 27 june 2019 retrieved 27 june 2019 young adult paperback books best sellers books july 12 2020 the new york times the new york times 19 july 2020 archived from the original on 7 may 2021 retrieved 14 december 2020 the quarto grp inc archived from the original on 15 february 2016 retrieved 4 february 2016 orbach removed as quarto director the bookseller 8 november 2012 archived from the original on 22 june 2013 retrieved 9 july 2013 orbach departs quarto board the bookseller www thebookseller com archived from the original on 27 june 2019 retrieved 27 june 2019 the quarto group archived from the original on 12 april 2022 retrieved 12 april 2022 italy s giunti buys into u k s quarto group publishers weekly 11 february 2020 archived from the original on 22 march 2021 retrieved 14 december 2020 powell made group c e o at quarto the bookseller 18 september 2020 archived from the original on 30 october 2020 retrieved 14 december 2020 milliot jim 25 march 2016 quarto group comes of age publishers weekly archived from the original on 7 june 2020 retrieved 7 june 2020 the quarto grp inc archived from the original on 15 february 2016 retrieved 4 february 2016 quarto s jacqui small prepares to step down the bookseller www thebookseller com archived from the original on 26 september 2019 retrieved 26 september 2019 neill graeme 16 august 2011 quarto snaps up frances lincoln the bookseller archived from the original on 15 february 2016 retrieved 4 february 2016 directors dealings archived from the original on 16 february 2016 retrieved 4 february 2016 eyre charlotte 16 october 2014 quarto predicts annual profits 122m the bookseller archived from the original on 15 february 2016 retrieved 4 february 2016 farringdon joshua 25 february 2015 quarto buys ivy press for 1 3m the bookseller archived from the original on 2 february 2016 retrieved 4 february 2016 quarto buys becker mayer publishersweekly com archived from the original on 27 september 2019 retrieved 27 september 2019 campbell lisa 24 march 2017 quarto disposes of regent publishing services for 7m the bookseller archived from the original on 25 march 2017 retrieved 11 may 2017 pauli michelle 17 march 2016 david solomons wins waterstones prize with superhero story the guardian issn 0261 3077 archived from the original on 27 june 2019 retrieved 27 june 2019 kean danuta 30 march 2017 waterstones children s book prize goes to mesmerising debut adventure story the guardian issn 0261 3077 archived from the original on 10 april 2019 retrieved 27 june 2019 6 books you should buy for your kids according to blue peter book awards huffpost uk 7 march 2019 archived from the original on 30 april 2021 retrieved 27 june 2019 2018 winners the bookseller www thebookseller com archived from the original on 23 may 2020 retrieved 27 june 2019 telling oliver 15 march 2022 british publishers censor books for western readers to appease china financial times archived from the original on 15 march 2022 retrieved 16 march 2022 stock exchange 14 april 2016 archived from the original on 14 may 2022 retrieved 11 may 2017 cowdry catherine 26 april 2016 quarto launches spanish language imprint quarto iberoamericana archived from the original on 29 april 2017 retrieved 11 may 2017 1 2 welcome to quantum publishing about quantum publishing press release quantum publishing archived from the original on 13 march 2015 retrieved 9 july 2026 souter nick souter tessa 2010 the illustration handbook a guide to the worlds greatest illustrators 2012 ed london oceana books via quantum publishing p copyright page isbn 978 1 84573 473 2 retrieved 9 july 2026 via internet archive book reader 1 2 3 4 5 customer service quarto group n d retrieved 27 august 2025 external links edit official website quarto knows v t e books production binding covers dust jackets design editing illustration illuminated manuscripts printing edition history incunabula instant book limited edition publishing advance copy hardcover paperback size typesetting volume bibliography collection publishing book series consumption awards bestsellers list bibliography bibliomania tsundoku bibliophilia bibliotherapy bookmarks bookselling blurbs book towns history used censorship clubs collecting digitizing bookworm insect furniture bookcases bookends library print culture reading literacy reviews by country brazil china france germany italy japan netherlands pakistan spain united kingdom united states other genres non fiction novel imaginary miniature pop up textbook grimoire formats audiobooks ebooks folio coffee table book related banned books book burning incidents nazi book curses book packaging book swapping book tour conservation and restoration dog ears 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