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| Beacon Press | There have been several printing and publishing firms called Beacon Press. The American Unitarian Association began publishing in its own name in 1854 and began using the name Beacon Press in 1902 (now under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association). See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 42 and www.beacon.org. For a British firm with this name see www.beaconpress.co.uk. | 2009 |
| Beadle and Adams | Beadle and Adams was a publishing house associated with the invention of the "dime novel". The firm had many names as predecessors and associated companies, including Beadle & Brother, E. F. Beadle, Beadle and Vanduzee and Victor Adams & Co. The partnership of Erastus Beadle, Irwin Beadle and Robert Adams began around 1856. In 1898 all the assets of the firm of Beadle and Adams (including the Dime Library) were acquired by M. J. Ivers and Company (q.v.). See the detailed website on the history of Beadle and Adams at www.ulib.niu.edu/badndp. | 2009 |
| Belford, Clarke and Company | The bookselling and publishing firm of Belford, Clarke and Company was founded in Chicago in 1875 by Alexander Belford and James Clarke. In 1892 the firm merged with several other publishing houses to form the Werner Company. Alexander Belford subsequently formed the firms of Belford, Middlebrook and Company and then Alexander Belford and Company. He ceased publishing around 1901 and died in 1906. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 47 and see the FOB entry for the Werner Company. | 2009 |
| Bell & Hyman Ltd | Bell & Hyman Ltd was formed in 1977 when the firm of George Bell & Sons Ltd was sold to Robin Hyman. In 1986 Bell & Hyman Ltd merged with George Allen & Unwin to form Unwin Hyman. In 1990 Unwin Hyman was sold to HarperCollins, part of News Corporation. See www.newscorp.com. | 2008 |
| Bergin & Garvey | The publishing firm of Bergin & Garvey was acquired by Greenwood Publishing Group in 1989. See the FOB entry for Greenwood Publishing Group, which indicates that from 2008 the firm is part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. See www.greenwood.com and www.hmhco.com. The use of the name Bergin & Garvey was discontinued from 2002, when Bergin & Garvey was absorbed into Praeger (q.v.). | 2008 |
| Bernard Geis Associates | Bernard Geis founded his own publishing house in New York in 1958. In the 1960s the firm published a number of controversial titles; many of its backers withdrew their support; and Random House discontinued its distribution of Geis Associates books. The following passage is taken from the obituary of Bernard Geis, New York Times, 10 January 2001: "In 1971, the company filed for bankruptcy protection. The company's books were subsequently published by a variety of other publishing houses under the Geis imprint. Its last book was published in 1995." | 2008 |
| Berwick & Smith | Berwick & Smith was one of the three firms which came together as Norwood Press from 1894. After World War II, production declined and Norwood Press and its constituent companies had all closed by 1953 [information from the records of the Norwood Historical Society, Massachusetts]. | 2009 |
| Biggar and Odhams | The printing firm of Biggar and Odhams was founded in 1847 by William Biggar and William Odhams. After Biggar's death, the firm was renamed William Odhams and then Odhams Limited. See the FOB entry for Odhams Limited. | 2008 |
| Blackie & Son | The firm of Blackie & Son was founded by John Blackie in 1807. Most surviving Blackie rights now belong to the Pearson Group. The following quotation is taken from the pamphlet 'The firm of Blackie & Son and some of their children's books' by Morna Daniels (1999). "In 1991 the academic titles went to Blackie Academic and Professional and the school titles were acquired by Nelson and Sons, who published them under the imprint Nelson Blackie until 1995 after which they dropped the name Blackie. The children's titles were acquired by Blackie Children's Books, part of the Penguin group at 27 Wrights Lane (owned by Pearsons) but the separate imprint disappeared after 1995 and the same authors appear under the Puffin imprint. Blackie sold the Flower Fairies list to Warne, another Pearson acquisition, in 1989." | 2008 |
| Blades East and Blades | The printing firm of Blades East and Blades was purchased by McCorquodale in 1927. See the FOB entry for McCorquodale. | 2014 |
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