Quartet press to disband
By Paul Biba
Sad news from Quartet. In a blog post Kat Meyer announced that they will be disbanding. Here it is:
For a variety of reasons large and small, Quartet Press has decided to discontinue operations. Sometimes, even with the best of intentions, a hard-working team, and the support of the community, things just don’t work out. This is one of those times. It’s disappointing to all of us, but it’s reality and we will all move on.
We are truly grateful to all of you who have wished us well.Your support and enthusiasm for our venture was humbling, and we hope you will not see our company’s disbanding as an indication that any of us doubt the viability of digital publishing. Far to the contrary — if nothing else, we have learned that the future of digital publishing, while overwhelmingly complex, will be bright indeed, and we will each be working toward that bright future via our individual efforts.
Update 1: See here for a Publishers Weekly interview with Kat Meyer about the closing.
Update 2: See here for an article by Kassia Krozser on her experience trying to start Quartet.
For previous coverage of Quartet see here, and you can also enter “quartet” into the search box at the top of the page.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
The press was the topic of some discussion on a copyeditors’ mailing list. It was trying to recruit qualified copyeditors, offering rates well below minimum wage. That did not bode well.