Quarto acquires Harvard Common Press

Quarto Publishing Group USA has acquired Harvard Common Press (HCP), an independent publisher primarily focused on cooking and childcare.

The purchase, which was completed on yesterday (1st February), for an undisclosed sum, adds "hundreds of titles" to the Quarto backlist as well as more than 25,000 recipes the company said.

The Harvard Common Press will become an imprint of the Quarto Publishing Group, with editorial and production operations run from Quarto’s Beverly, MA, office. Dan Rosenberg, editorial director for Harvard Common Press (HCP), will be joining the Quarto team in the same role. Bruce Shaw and Adam Salomone, associate publisher for HCP, will also remain in advisory roles with Quarto.

Ken Fund, president and c.e.o. of Quarto Publishing Group USA, said: “We’re excited to bring Harvard Common Press into the Quarto family of publishers. Quarto is focused on acquiring niche imprints or businesses that align with our vision to publish books that inspire, educate, create or entertain. We continue to look for acquisitions in these categories and this has accelerated since the successful launch of QuartoKnows.com in 2015. The addition of Harvard Common Press’s award-winning cookbooks will nicely expand Quarto’s footprint in the culinary category.”

Bruce Shaw, president and publisher of Harvard Common Press said: “I’m pleased to have Harvard Common Press under the umbrella of a large global publisher that recognises the strengths of individual, focused imprints and that is also committed to category publishing. Over the past 35 years, HCP has become widely recognized by both consumers and media as a go-to resource for home cooks. Quarto recognizes HCP’s strategic value and the opportunity to further."