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| Methuen Children's Books | The Methuen website (www.methuen.co.uk) confirms that Methuen Children's Books is now owned not by Methuen but by Egmont. See www.egmont.co.uk. | 2008 |
| Minton, Balch and Company | The publishing firm of Minton, Balch and Company was founded by Melville Minton and Earle H. Balch in New York in 1924. In 1930 the firm merged with G. P. Putnam's Sons and both Minton and Balch took up senior positions at Putnam. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 237 and see the FOB entry for G. P. Putnam's Sons, which indicates that the firm is now part of Penguin USA, which in turn is owned by Pearson. See us.penguingroup.com. | 2008 |
| Moffat, Yard and Company | The publishing firm of Moffat, Yard and Company was founded in New York in 1905 by William David Moffat and Robert Sterling Yard. In 1924 the firm was acquired by Dodd, Mead and Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 245-247 and see the FOB entry for Dodd, Mead and Company, which indicates that the firm went out of business in 1989-90. | 2008 |
| Mutual Publishing Company | Mutual Publishing Company was one of the largest subsidiary companies of the American Publishing Company (1865-1903). See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 11, and see the FOB entry for American Publishing Company, which indicates that the firm is now in the ownership of the HarperCollins division of News Corporation. | 2009 |
| N. Coverly | Nathaniel Coverly founded his publishing firm in Boston in 1770, and moved the firm around various locations, mostly in Massachusetts, until 1803. After 1803 the firm appears to have ceased issuing publications. Coverly died in Boston in 1816. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 106-107. | 2009 |
| National Book Company | The National Book Company was founded in 1958 by Sam Moore. In 1969 it was incorporated into Thomas Nelson Publishers, the US subsidiary of Thomas Nelson, when that subsidiary was purchased by Sam Moore from the Thomson Organization. Thomas Nelson Publishers is based in Nashville. See www.thomasnelson.com. | 2008 |
| Nautical Publishing Company | The Nautical Publishing Company was purchased by A. & C. Black Publishers Ltd from Conway Maritime Press in 1987. A. & C. Black is still trading under its own name (see www.acblack.com), but is owned by Bloomsbury Publishing. | 2008 |
| Neale Publishing Company | The Neale Company was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1894 by Walter Neale. In 1901 it became the Neale Publishing Company. Walter Neale died in 1933 and the firm went out of existence. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 332-334. | 2009 |
| New Century Publishing | New Century Publishing was a division of Appleton-Century-Crofts after its purchase by Meredith Publishing Company in 1960. The principal parts of the firm were later sold by Meredith. See the FOB entry for Appleton-Century-Crofts. The New Century division was sold in 1974 to Charles Walther. New Century Publishing was then purchased in 1990 by Frank Gil, who changed its name to New Win Publishing. New Win Publishing was purchased by the Academic Learning Company in 2003. See www.academiclearningcompany.com. | 2008 |
| New York Publishing Company | New York Publishing Company appears to have come into existence and gone out of existence in the 1890s. Publications in 1895 are recorded at sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/lucile. | 2009 |
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