Two experienced UK publishing executives — Mark Smith (formerly ceo of Bonnier Zaffre, and before that Quercus) and Marcus Leaver (formerly ceo of Quarto, and before that Sterling) — have joined to form Welbeck Publishing Group. They intend to “build a new trade publishing business through the acquisition of established companies…and by incubating start-up businesses in scalable areas of the market.” In keeping with their backgrounds that have paired publishing with packaging, the announcement says “the focus will be on illustrated non-fiction and children’s books for the co-edition market as well as commercial fiction and non-fiction.” The first step, the […]