英国QuercusBooks电子书出版集团，www.quercusbooks.co.uk企业尤其是他们的书籍封面设计非常有特色
从英国的多塞特街的一间小办公室开始
Quercus Publishing Plc was established by Mark Smith (now Chief Executive) and Wayne Davies (now Executive DirectorDigital) in May 2004. The Directors had previously worked together at the Orion Publishing Group.
Starting out in a small office in Dorset Street, London, the company quickly expanded, producing best sellers with each of its first two titles, Universe and Speeches that Changed the World. These titles have now generated sales of approximately 250,000 and 800,000 copies respectively, and both continue to sell strongly around the world.
Quercus relocated to new offices in Bloomsbury Square, close to the British Museum. Both the company and its list continued to growthe 6 titles published in 2005 were joined by over 50 new books in 2006. At the same time, the Quercus team also expanded, from just 6 staff to over 20. Publishing highlights included the launch of an exciting crime fiction list, focussing on major authors such as Joseph Wambaugh, Peter Temple and Thomas H. Cook, and the introduction of a large-format illustrated list, featuring titles such as Cosmos, Complete Earth and New Worlds.
In July 2006 Quercus made its debut appearance on the UK bestseller lists with Peter Temples The Broken Shore, and by October the Company had been listed on PLUS Markets (now known as ICAP SecuritiesDerivatives Exchange Limited) attracting new levels of investment and ensuring a strong financial platform for future development.
2007 began with our first major literary prize, for Stef Penneys The Tenderness of Wolves. It not only won the Costa Best First Novel Award, but was ultimately named as victor in the overall Book of the Year category. We were also pleased to be unveiled as one of three finalists at the Fast Growth Business Awards 2007, in the PLUS New Company of the Year category.
In 2008, under our MacLehose Press imprint, we published Stieg Larssons The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which won a Galaxy British Book Award. In 2009 the books sequel, The Girl Who Played with Fire, became the companys first number one bestseller. It was the first translated title to top the UK hardback fiction charta landmark in British publishing history.
2009 also saw Quercus develop the breadth of our crime, thriller and womens fiction lists and throughout the year we concentrated on building the careers of relatively new voices and debuts, in addition to enhancing the success of former bestselling authors like Philip Kerr. Authors such as Elly Griffiths, Shona MacLean and Michelle Moran all launched successfully and have bright careers ahead.
The Childrens list developed into a small, boutique and high quality selection of the very best of 9+ fiction with the Strange Angels series, the Magic Thief series and Bernard Becketts Genesis notable successes. Manfred the Baddie by John Fardell, our sole illustrated picture book, won the 2009 Royal Mail Award.英国
