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E. Fleming & Co.E. Fleming & Co. (later C. B. Fleming & Co.) 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].2009
E. P. Dutton and CompanyEdward Payson Dutton founded a book-selling firm in Boston in 1852, and began publishing in the 1860s. The firm was acquired by New American Library, and in 1986 New American Library was purchased by Penguin Group USA, which still uses the Dutton imprint. See us.penguingroup.com.2008
Editions du Centre de Psychologie AppliquéeLes Editions du Centre de Psychologie Appliquée constituted a French testing business which was acquired in 2002 by the Psychological Corporation / Harcourt Assessment, then a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier. In 2008 Harcourt Assessment was sold by Reed Elsevier to Pearson. See www.harcourtassessment.com and pearsonassess.com.2008
EdmarkEdmark is an educational materials firm which was acquired by Riverdeep in 2000. See the FOB entry for Riverdeep, which indicates that the firm is now part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. See www.hmhco.com. 2009
Elsevier NVThe Elsevier firm was founded in Rotterdam in 1880 by Jacobus George Robbers. It was named after a sixteenth-century firm of Dutch printers. In 1993 Elsevier NV merged with Reed International plc to form Reed Elsevier. See www.reedelsevier.com.2006
Elzevir Publishing CompanyElzevir Publishing Company was one of a number of companies founded by the bookseller and publisher John B. Alden. The firm began trading in 1893 and went out of existence in 1894, when its assets were assigned to Frank Tracy. See the FOB entry for John B. Alden and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 6. 2009
Eugene Ascherberg & Co.The firm of Eugene Ascherberg & Co. was founded in 1878. In 1906 it was merged with Hopwood & Crew to form Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew. See the FOB entry for Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, which indicates that any surving rights will belong to Warner Chappell Music. See www.warnerchappell.co.uk.2007
F. J. Schulte and CompanyFrancis J. Schulte founded his publishing firm in Chicago in 1889. The firm went out of existence around 1900. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 411. 2009
F. M. Lupton Publishing CompanyFrank Moore Lupton founded his publishing firm in New York around 1882. The firm was renamed the Federal Book Company in 1902 and went out of business about two years later. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 288.2014
F. S. Crofts CompanyF. S. Crofts Company was a publishing firm founded in 1924. In 1948 the firm merged with Appleton-Century and became Appleton-Century-Crofts. See the FOB entry for Appleton-Century-Crofts, which indicates that part of the firm has passed into the ownership of Pearson and part into the ownership of the Academic Learning Company.2008

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