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Grosset & Dunlap	The firm of Grosset & Dunlap was founded in 1898. In 1982 the firm was purchased by G. P. Putnam's Sons (of the Putnam Berkley Group). Putnam Berkley was bought by Penguin in 1997, and is part of the Pearson Group. See www.pearson.com and the company history pages of us.penguingroup.com.	2008
Hawthorn Books, Inc.	The publishing firm of Hawthorn Books, Inc. was founded by Kenneth S. Giniger in 1952 as a subsidiary of Prentice-Hall. In 1967 the firm was sold to the Clement Stone interests, and in 1977 it was sold on to W. H. Allen. The firm was closed in 1977, but its publishing assets were bought by E. P. Dutton. The imprint Hawthorn/Dutton was then used for a few years. See John Tebbel: 'A history of book publishing in the United States', Volume IV (1981), pp. 318-319, and see the FOB entry for E. P. Dutton, which indicates that the firm is now part of the US Penguin group. See us.penguingroup.com.	2008
Health Economic Evaluations Database	Health Economic Evaluations Database (HEED) was founded as a joint initiative of the Office of Health Economics and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA). In 2006 HEED was acquired by Wiley. See www.wiley.com.	2008
Hungry Minds, Inc.	The firm of Hungry Minds published the 'For Dummies' series and other educational works. In 2001 the firm was acquired by Wiley. See www.wiley.com.	2008
Hunkydory Designs	The publishing firm of Hunkydory Designs was purchased by William Collins in 1985. See the FOB entry for William Collins, which indicates that rights will now be owned by the HarperCollins division of News Corporation. See www.newscorp.com. Not to be confused with the mosaic furniture firm Hunky Dory Designs - www.hunkydorydesigns.co.uk.	2007
IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.	IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. was the publishing arm of International Data Group. After briefly being renamed IDG Books / Hungry Minds, the firm was sold to Wiley in 2001. See www.wiley.com.	2008
Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, Inc.	Ivan R. Dee established his publishing firm in 1988. The firm was acquired by the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group in 1998. See www.ivanrdee.com and www.rowmanlittlefield.com.	2008
J. & J. J. Deighton	The Cambridge firm of J. & J. J. Deighton was acquired by George Bell in 1854. See the FOB entry for George Bell & Sons Ltd.	2008
J. M. Dent	J. M. Dent was founded by Joseph Malaby Dent in 1888, and published the Everyman Library from 1906. The firm was purchased by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1988. See the Weidenfeld & Nicolson entry in FOB and www.orionbooks.co.uk. Dent is now an imprint of Orion Books, which in turn is owned by Hachette.	2008
John Day Company	The John Day Company was a publishing house founded in New York in 1926. In 1968 the firm was acquired by Intext, Inc. See the FOB entry for Intext, which indicates that any surviving rights of the John Day Company will now belong to the HarperCollins division of News Corporation.	2008

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