Following the sale of their ANZ Books & Gifts Direct business earlier this year, Quarto is continuing to slim the non-publishing part of their portfolio. They will sell their 75 percent stake in Hong Kong-based Regent Printing Services to 1010 Printing Group for $7 million (which includes $2.5 million for Quarto’s share of the excess cash in the business). CEO Marcus Leaver says in the announcement, “We believe Quarto has a unique opportunity in our fragmented industry to become the dominant publisher of illustrated books globally. The sale of Regent will allow Quarto to focus fully on what it does best – to […]