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ChristophersThe London publishing house of Christophers became part of Chatto & Windus in the 1960s. See the FOB entry for Chatto & Windus, which indicates that any surviving rights will now belong to the Random House division of Bertelsmann.2006
Christy & MooreChristy & Moore was a literary agency founded in 1912. It is now part of Sheil Land Associates Ltd.2006
Chronimed, Inc.The publishing sections of Chronimed were acquired by Wiley in 1997. See www.wiley.com.2008
Clarion BooksThe children's publishing firm of Clarion Books was established in 1965. In 1979 the firm was acquired by Houghton Mifflin and Clarion Books became a Houghton Mifflin imprint. See www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com.2008
Clarkson PotterThe publishing firm of Clarkson Potter was founded in 1959. In 1963 the firm was acquired by Crown Publishing Group, part of the Outlet Book Company. See the FOB entries for Outlet and Crown, which indicate that in 1988 the firm was bought by Random House. Random House is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.randomhouse.com/crown and www.bertelsmann.com.2008
Classroom ConnectThe publishing firm of Classroom Connect was acquired by Harcourt Education in 2001. See the FOB entry for Harcourt, Brace & Company, which indicates that Harcourt Education was acquired by Houghton Mifflin in 2007. See www.hmco.com.2009
Claude Kendall, Inc.Claude Kendall founded his own publishing house in New York in 1929. In 1934 the firm was renamed Claude Kendall and Willoughby Sharp. In 1936 it became Claude Kendall, Inc., but the firm went bankrupt and out of business that same year. Kendall himself was murdered in 1937. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 199.2008
Cleaver-Hume Press LtdCleaver-Hume Press Ltd was founded in the 1940s as a publisher mostly of scientific and technical works. In 1963 the firm entered into an alliance with Macmillan UK and by 1967 had been absorbed by Macmillan. An article in 'Macmillan News', December 1963, suggested that the firm might be renamed Macmillan & Cleaver, but this does not appear to have happened. See the FOB entry for Macmillan, which indicates that the company is now wholly owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group.2008
CliffsNotesCliffsNotes was a series of study notes developed by Hungry Minds, Inc. See the FOB entry for Hungry Minds, which indicates that in 2001 the firm was acquired by Wiley. See www.cliffsnotes.com and www.wiley.com.2008
Clinical Psychology Publishing CompanyClinical Psychology Publishing Company was acquired by Wiley in 1997. See www.wiley.com.2008

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