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| Watergate Film Services Ltd | Watergate Film Services Ltd forms part of Peters Fraser and Dunlop. See www.pfd.co.uk. | 2008 |
| Wayfarers' Library | Wayfarers' Library was a series of works devoted to modern literature, published by J. M. Dent as a companion to the Everyman Library. The first volume was published in 1913. See the FOB entry for J. M. Dent. | 2006 |
| Werner Laurie Ltd | Werner Laurie was part of the the Bodley Head publishing house from 1957 until 1987. The Bodley Head was sold to Random House in 1987. 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 |
| Western Publishing Company | Western Printing and Lithographing Company was founded in Racine, Wisconsin around 1910. In 1916 Western acquired the Hamming-Whitman Company (q.v.) and in 1960 changed its name to Western Publishing Company. See the FOB entry for Golden Books, its best known imprint. In the 1980s Western Publishing changed its name to Golden Books Family Entertainment. In 1999 the firm filed for bankruptcy. In 2001 all the publishing assets of the firm were acquired by Random House, which is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.randomhouse.com/golden. | 2008 |
| Whatsonwhen Ltd | The online travel publisher Whatsonwhen Ltd was acquired by Wiley Europe in 2006. See eu.wiley.com. | 2008 |
| Whurr Publishers Ltd | Whurr Publishers Ltd was established in London as a publishing firm with a specialism in health, nursing and therapy. In 2005 the firm was acquired by Wiley. See www.wiley.com. | 2008 |
| Wicks and Wilson Limited | The firm of Wicks and Wilson Limited was founded in Hampshire, UK, in 1973. In 2011 it was acquired by the Crowley Company. See www.thecrowleycompany.com. | 2011 |
| William Heinemann Ltd | William Heinemann began his publishing business in 1890. By the end of 1957, control of William Heinemann Ltd belonged to Tillings. Tillings was acquired in 1983 by BTR, who then sold the Heinemann Group to Octopus Publishing in 1985. Octopus was in turn taken over by Reed Books in 1987. In 1997 Reed Elsevier sold a number of its companies, including William Heinemann Ltd, to Random House. William Heinemann is now part of Random House UK, which is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.bertelsmann.com and www.randomhouse.co.uk. | 2008 |
| Wrightbooks Pty Ltd | Wrightbooks Pty Ltd was founded by the Australian publisher Geoff Wright in 1991. In 2001 the firm was purchased by Wiley Australia. See www.johnwiley.com.au. | 2008 |
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