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| J. G. Cupples Company | The publishing firm of Cupples, Upham and Company was founded in Boston in 1883 by Joseph G. Cupples and Henry M. Upham, as the successor firm to A. Williams and Company (q.v.). From 1887 the firm was briefly known as Cupples and Company and then Cupples and Hurd, before it became the J. G. Cupples Company in 1890. The firm went out of business in 1893. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 111. | 2009 |
| K. G. Saur | The firm of K. G. Saur was founded in 1949, with a head office in Munich. K. G. Saur was purchased by Butterworths in 1987 and became part of the Reed Elsevier Group. The firm was sold by Reed Elsevier to Thomson Gale in 2000, and then sold by Thomson Gale to Walter de Gruyter in 2006. See www.degruyter.de. | 2008 |
| Leader Publishing Group | In 2007 the Leader Publishing Group of Atlanta was purchased by Trans World Publishing of Atlanta (unrelated to the Transworld publishing firm owned by Bertelsmann). Trans World Publishing is an affiliate of Billian Publishing of Atlanta. See www.billian.com. | 2008 |
| N. A. G. Press | N. A. G. Press was established as a publisher of "horological and gemmological" books. The firm was acquired by Robert Hale Limited in 1993. See www.halebooks.com. | 2008 |
| Nottingham Group plc | In 1997 Nottingham Group plc and the firm of Philip Harris merged to form a new company called Novara. In 2001 Novara was purchased by Findel plc. See www.findel-education.co.uk. | 2008 |
| Octopus Publishing Group | The Octopus Publishing Group (founded by Paul Hamlyn, and with imprints including Hamlyn, Mitchell Beazley, Conran and Philip's) was purchased by Hachette in 2001. Other imprints previously part of the Octopus Group (such as William Heinemann) had already been sold to Random House in 1997. See www.hachette.com and www.octopus-publishing.co.uk. | 2006 |
| Orion Publishing Group Ltd | The following passage is taken from the Orion website (http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/history.aspx): "The Orion Publishing Group Limited was founded in 1991. Soon after incorporation, Orion began negotiations with Lord Weidenfeld and acquired Weidenfeld & Nicolson as the nucleus of a new, entrepreneurial publishing group." The Orion Publishing Group was bought by Hachette in 1998, but continues to trade under its own name. | 2008 |
| Payne-Gallway | Payne-Gallway was established in Ipswich in 1998 by Pat and Oliver Heathcote. In 2005 the firm was purchased by the Harcourt Education International division of Reed Elsevier. Harcourt Education International was sold by Reed Elsevier in 2007 to Pearson. See www.pearson.com and www.heinemann.co.uk. | 2008 |
| R. G. Berford Company | R. G. Berford Company was a publishing firm founded in Phildelphia around 1840. There was also an occasional New York office. The firm went out of business around 1844. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 51. | 2009 |
| Rainbird Publishing Group | Rainbird was bought by Penguin UK in March 1985. Penguin UK is part of Pearson plc. See www.pearson.com. | 2008 |
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