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Hulton Picture Library	The Hulton Picture Library was founded in 1947 as an adjunct to 'Picture Post' magazine. See the FOB entry for 'Picture Post'. The picture library was sold in 1958 to the BBC, and became known as the BBC Hulton Picture Library. In 1988 it was sold to Mr Brian Deutsch, and in 1996 was sold on to the Getty Communications Group (now Getty Images). See gettyimages.com.	2007
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
Hurd and Houghton	The publishing firm of Hurd and Houghton was founded in New York in 1864 by Melancthon Hurd and Henry Houghton. In 1878 the firm merged with James R. Osgood and Company to form Houghton, Osgood and Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 219-220; the FOB entry for Houghton, Osgood and Company; and the Company History page of www.hmco.com.	2009
Hurtig Publishers Ltd	Hurtig was a publishing firm based in Edmonton, Alberta. In 1991 the firm was purchased by McClelland & Stewart. See www.mcclelland.com.	2008
Hutchinson	George Hutchinson founded his publishing company in 1887 and it remained a family firm until it was sold to London Weekend Television in 1979. In 1985 London Weekend Television sold Hutchinson to Century and the firm of Century Hutchinson was formed. Century Hutchinson was purchased by Random House UK in 1989. Random House UK was known as the "Random Century Group Limited" from 1989 to 1992, when it was renamed "Random House UK Limited". Random House was purchased by Bertelsmann AG in 1998 and now functions as a "corporate division" of Bertelsmann. See www.bertelsmann.com and www.randomhouse.co.uk.	2008
Hysteria Publications	Hysteria Publications was founded as a publisher of humorous and women's interest books. In 1998 the firm was acquired by Sourcebooks and it now operates as Sourcebooks Hysteria. See www.sourcebooks.com.	2008
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
J. H. Leicester & W. Leicester	The firm of printers and booksellers called J. H. Leicester & W. Leicester went out of existence in 1865. According to 'British book trade archives 1830-1939: a location register' (by Alexis Weedon and Michael Bott, 1996), the deed of dissolution, 1865, is in Worcestershire Record Office (BA 8185/4 (iii)).	2007
J. H. Sears Company	Joseph H. Sears founded his own publishing company in New York in 1922. The firm was reincorporated as Sears Publishing Company in 1929. In 1934 Sears Publishing Company was purchased by Dodd, Mead and Company. See the FOB entry for Dodd, Mead and Company which describes the circumstances in which that firm went out of business in 1990.	2008

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