Rockport Gets Creative Quarto’s Rockport Publishing Group (with includes the illustrated design line Rockport, the mind/body/spirit imprint Fair Winds Press, Quarry Books, RotoVision and Apple Press) has acquired Minneapolis-based Creative Publishers International for $10.8 million in cash and convertible loan notes. CPi is known for their home improvement, home decorating, sewing and crafting, and outdoors-related books, including branded lines with Black & Decker and Singer. The company’s nature, photography and wildlife imprint, NorthWord Press name, and its children’s imprint Two-Can, are not being acquired by Rockport. Rockport CEO Ken Fund says in a statement, “This acquisition marks a major turning […]