FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 15, 2008


Quayside Publishing Group proudly announces the re-naming/re-branding of MBI Distribution Services to Quayside Distribution Services (QDS).

Ken Fund, President and CEO, of Quayside Publishing Group says “that in these difficult financial times we are pleased to able to offer our publishing partners the greatest reach to their customers due to the depth and strength of our publishing and service programs.”

In August, 2007 Quayside Publishing Group acquired MBI Publishing which, along with MBI Distribution Services, includes the imprints of Motorbooks, Voyageur Press, Zenith Press, and Crestline.

Kevin R. Hamric, Vice President Sales and Marketing, says that “the new name for our distribution services is a better fit overall and allows for better brand marketing of our services and expansion of client publishers in all enthusiast categories.”

QDS uniquely distributes client publishers in specialty categories such as transportation, house & home, how-to, sports, military history, popular history, crafts, lifestyle, and much more.

Brad Siqueiros, Director of Distribution Services says “I am excited to enter this new chapter in the company’s long history of providing high level services to a high class of specialty publishers.”

Some of the publishers that QDS distributes include: Haynes Publishing, Tweety Jill Publications, Veloce Publishing, Whitehorse Press, The Crowood Press, Wolfgang Publications, Green Umbrella Publishing,  Iconografix, Inc., Peter Morgan Media, and the Good Life Press.

Quayside Publishing Group represents a dynamic group of imprints dedicated to providing quality and excellence to its readers. Each imprint embodies the breadth and scope of its specialty topics. Quayside encompasses Creative Publishing international, Fair Winds Press, Quarry Books, Quiver Books,  Rockport Publishers, Motorbooks, Voyageur Press, and Zenith Press. We also proudly distribute Walter Foster Publishing and RotoVision titles.