Quarto Publishing Group USA has bought the assets of Whitehorse Press, Center Conway, N.H., a publisher of motorcycle books that was founded in 1989 by Dan and Judy Kennedy. The company's motorcycle books encompass adventure travel, history, workshop manuals, travel guides and rider skills titles. One of the Whitehorse's first books, Motorcycling Excellence, produced in cooperation with the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, is one of the bestselling books covering motorcycle riding and safety skills.
The purchase adds two dozen backlist titles to QuartoDrives, which Quarto said improves the company's position as "a leading publisher of transportation titles for enthusiast markets." Whitehorse titles will now be published under the Motorbooks imprint.
The Kennedys said that "Quarto has served for many years as our exclusive trade distributor to bookstores and libraries in the Americas. Given the solid experience Motorbooks has with motorcycle publishing, and given Quarto's strength in marketing and distributing enthusiast books, we felt that we could not find a better 'home' for our authors and their books."
Motorbooks publisher Zack Miller commented: "Dan and Judy Kennedy are true motorcycling enthusiasts, a fact that has always been reflected in Whitehorse Press's publishing on the subject. I am pleased to add their excellent titles to Quarto and Motorbooks, and I am greatly looking forward to working with their authors."