Days after Marcus Leaver's resignation as chief executive of illustrated publisher Quarto, the company's chief financial officer Carolyn Bresh has now resigned with immediate effect. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto's non-fiction trade imprint, White Lion Publishing, is collaborating with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew on a new series of illustrated, "giftable and practical" gardening companions launching in spring 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The CEO sets himself a personal challenge every new year. But after a bruising 12 months, what should he do next? When Mark Zuckerberg began his annual “personal challenges” in 2009, he set the bar pretty low: he dressed like an adult every day for a year. Subsequent challenges were squarely in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writer Heather Marks has won this year’s Quarto Translations Diversity Award, run by the Golden Egg Academy, for her story set in both the 18th century and contemporary Bristol. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[caption id="attachment_137733" align="alignright" width="234"] Mike Gulledge[/caption] Longtime Billings Gazette publisher Mike Gulledge—who also serves VP of publishing at Lee Enterprises and regional publisher of the Missoulian and the Ravalli Republic—has announced his resignation from the... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four jobs have gone in the UK as part of the recent round of job cuts revealed with the company's half-year results yesterday, a Quarto spokesperson has confirmed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto Group said that as part of a companywide cost cutting program, it is shutting its Minneapolis office and closing its Voyageur Press imprint. The Cool Springs and Motorbooks imprints are continuing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto has reported an "encouraging" trading performance for the first six months of 2018, including a group revenue rise of 12% year-on-year to $56.2m (2017: $50.2m) and an improved gross profit margin of 50.1% (2017: 48.2%). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shareholders have voted to change Quarto’s by-laws to allow the publisher to borrow more money from the bank. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto is convening a special shareholders meeting later this month to propose changes to its by-laws which would allow the company, currently nursing a £47m debt burden, to increase its borrowing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto co-founder Laurence Orbach has stepped down from its board, in the latest twist to his involvement with the company. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen Buel will step down as publisher of the Oakland-based alt-weekly East Bay Express and sell its parent company following a "brief transition period," he announced this week after apologizing for using a racial slur in a June staff meeting. After reading associate editor Azucena... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Laurence Orbach has stepped down from his position as executive chairman for Quarto in the latest wave of changes to the company's governance. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three poetry editors at 'The Boston Review' announced their intent to resign on Tuesday, citing disagreements with the magazine’s executive editors over their decision to retain Junot Díaz as fiction editor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto’s dramatic boardroom takeover last week was partly motivated by a major shareholder’s concern over the publisher’s debt, The Bookseller has been told. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a dramatic move, Quarto's founder Laurence Orbach has been re-appointed as executive chairman of the illustrated publisher following a shareholder revolt, six years after he was ousted as chairman and chief executive of the company. The group also appointed fellow shareholder Chuk Kin Lau of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After being ousted as chairman from the Quarto Group in 2012, Laurence Orbach has engineered a returned to the illustrated book publisher where he is now chairman. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Quarto Group's sales declined marginally by 1.4% to £152.5m last year, however, its operating profits plunged 58% to £7.2m. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales at the Quarto Group fell less than 1% in 2017 compared to 2016, and profit fell more substantially, declining 57.6% to $7.2 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK has appointed Fritha Saunders from Quarto UK as its non-fiction editorial director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto has made five roles redundant from the foreign rights team based in its Brighton office. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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