Quirk Productions, which has been on an acquisitions pause since early this summer after “facing marketplace and operational challenges for the past few years,” has been acquired by Andrews McMeel Publishing, effective October 1. Quirk founder and publisher Dave Borgenicht will serve as publisher of the Quirk Books imprint of Andrews McMeel Publishing, reporting to ceo Kirsty Melville. Sales and distribution of the Quirk titles will remain with Penguin Random House Publisher Services. Borgenicht will “work with staff in Philadelphia to wind down the QPI company and transition the imprint.” Asked to explain further, an AMP spokesperson said that “staffing […]
