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Thomas Yoseloff, Inc.	Thomas Yoseloff founded his own publishing firm in New York in 1955. In 1958 Thomas Yoseloff, Inc. merged with A. S. Barnes & Co., and Yoseloff became an imprint of A. S. Barnes. "Yoseloff and his son Julien remained in control of the firm until 1978, when it was acquired by Leisure Dynamics, Incorporated of San Diego, California" (quoted from 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 390). See also the obituary of Thomas Yoseloff by his daughter Tamar Yoseloff, 'The Guardian', 13 February 2008. Soon after the acquisition of the firm by Leisure Dynamics, the names of Thomas Yoseloff and A. S. Barnes disappeared as imprints.	2008
Tom Doherty Associates, Inc.	The firm of Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., the publishers of imprints such as Tor, Forge and Orb, was established by Tom Doherty in 1980. The firm was purchased by St Martin's Press in 1986. St Martin's Press has been wholly owned since 1999 by the Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck. See www.holtzbrinck.com.	2008
Tycooly Publishing	Tycooly was purchased by Cassell in 1986. Cassell was purchased by Hachette in 1998, and subsequently divided. See the FOB entry for Cassell. It is not believed that the name "Tycooly" has been used since about 1990.	2008
Wallace Literary Agency	Wallace, Aitken, & Sheil was founded in 1974 as a partnership between literary agents Gillon Aitken, Anthony Sheil, and Lois Wallace, with Wallace being the primary United States agent for the clients of the British agency, Anthony Sheil Associates, Ltd. The agency was changed in 1978 to the Wallace & Sheil Agency, Inc. when Aitken departed the partnership. The firm remained the Wallace & Sheil Agency, Inc. until 1988, when the partnership between Lois Wallace and Anthony Sheil was dissolved. At that time, the agency took its current name, the Wallace Literary Agency. From 1987 to 1998, Lois Wallace's husband, Tom Wallace, was an agent with the firm. The Wallace Literary Agency was jointly acquired by Robin Strauss and Andrew Nurnberg in 2014 who operate under the name Robin Straus Agency, Inc.	2025
William R. Scott, Inc.	The publishing firm of William R. Scott, Inc. was founded in New York in 1938. In 1970 the firm was acquired by Addison-Wesley, which is now part of the Pearson Group. See www.pearson.com and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 329.	2008

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