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| Baker, Crane and Day | The publishing firm of Baker, Crane and Day was founded in New York in 1846 by George Baker, Stephen M. Crane and Edward M. Day, as the successor firm to Mahlon Day (q.v.). The firm went out of business in 1848. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 114-115. | 2009 |
| Baker, Pratt and Company | The firm of D. F. Robinson and Company was founded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1828, and is the original predecessor firm of Baker and Taylor. The name of Baker and Taylor was adopted in 1885, and between 1828 and 1885 the firm had many names, including Robinson, Pratt and Company; Pratt, Woodford and Company; Farmer, Brace and Company; Blakeman and Mason; Oakley and Mason; Mason, Baker and Pratt; and Baker, Pratt and Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 34-35 and see the Our History page of www.btol.com. | 2009 |
| Barse and Hopkins | The publishing firm of Barse and Hopkins was founded in New York in 1909 by William J. Barse and John H. Hopkins. In 1928 Hopkins left the firm to become a literary agent and it continued as Barse and Company. Barse and Company went bankrupt in 1932 and its stock was acquired by Grosset & Dunlap. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 42-44, and see the FOB entry for Grosset & Dunlap, which indicates that the firm is now part of the US Penguin group (us.penguingroup.com). | 2008 |
| Bartholomew | The map publishers Bartholomew was founded in Edinburgh by John Bartholomew in 1826. In 1980 the firm was sold to Reader's Digest, who in turn sold it on to News International (now News Corporation) in 1985. See www.newscorp.com. Bartholomew now usually trades as Collins Bartholomew. See www.bartholomewmaps.com. | 2008 |
| 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 |
| Benjamin Cummings | The publishing firm of Benjamin Cummings was merged with Addison-Wesley in 1977 and is consequently now part of the Pearson Group. See the FOB entry for Addison-Wesley and www.pearson.com. | 2008 |
| Berkley Books | The firm of Berkley Books (also known as the Berkley Publishing Corporation) was founded in 1955. In 1965 the firm was acquired by G. P. Putnam's Sons and became part of Putnam Berkley. Putnam Berkley was bought by Penguin in 1997, and is part of the Pearson Group. See www.pearson.com and us.penguin.com. | 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 |
| Bibliothèques des Chemins de Fer | Bibliothèques des Chemins de Fer was founded by the publisher Louis Hachette in Paris in 1852. See www.hachette.com. | 2008 |
| Big 3 Music Corporation | Big 3 Music Corporation was formed in 1939 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, bringing together Leo Feist Inc., Miller Music and Robbins Music Corporation. In 1973 Big 3 was acquired by United Artists. See 'Music printing and publishing' / edited by D. W. Krummel and Stanley Sadie (1990) and www.unitedartists.com. | 2007 |
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