FOB Search Results
21 -
30
of 209
| Previous | Next |
| Biggar and Odhams | The printing firm of Biggar and Odhams was founded in 1847 by William Biggar and William Odhams. After Biggar's death, the firm was renamed William Odhams and then Odhams Limited. See the FOB entry for Odhams Limited. | 2008 |
| Bios Scientific Publishers Ltd | Bios (or BIOS) Scientific Publishers Ltd was founded in 1989, and was purchased by the Taylor & Francis Group in 2003. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com. | 2008 |
| Black Lace | Black Lace was founded in 1993 as an imprint of Virgin Books. See the FOB entry for Virgin Books, which indicates that the firm is now owned by the Random House Group. | 2008 |
| Blandford Press Ltd | Blandford Press of London was owned in the 1980s by Link House Books and then by United Newspapers. In 1986-87 it was purchased by Cassell from United Newspapers. Cassell was purchased by Hachette in 1998, and subsequently divided. See the FOB entry for Cassell. Blandford Press is now part of the Octopus Group. | 2009 |
| Blond & Briggs Ltd | Anthony Blond Ltd became known as Blond & Briggs Ltd from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s (directors: Anthony Blond and Desmond Briggs). The firm then merged with Frederick Muller Ltd to form Muller, Blond & White Ltd. Muller, Blond & White Ltd was purchased by Century Hutchinson in 1987, and is now part of Random House UK, which is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.bertelsmann.com and www.randomhouse.co.uk. | 2009 |
| Bloom's Literary Criticism | The publishing firm called Bloom's Literary Criticism was founded by Professor Harold Bloom. In 2005 the firm was sold by Haights Cross Communications to Facts on File, Inc., which is owned by Infobase Publishing. See www.infobasepublishing.com. | 2008 |
| Bodley Head | The Bodley Head was founded in 1887 as a partnership between Charles Elkin Mathews and John Lane. John Lane became the sole owner in 1894. In 1956 the firm was bought by Max Reinhardt, who in turn sold it 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 |
| Boni and Liveright | The publishing firm of Boni and Liveright was founded in New York in 1917 by Albert Boni and Horace Liveright. In 1918 business differences between the founders led to a split and (on the flip of a coin) sole ownership of the firm passed to Liveright. In 1928 the name of the firm was changed to Horace Liveright, Inc., and in 1933 it became the Liveright Publishing Corporation. The Liveright Publishing Corporation was acquired by W. W. Norton in 1974. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 57-63 and www.wwnorton.com. | 2008 |
| Book League of America | The Book League of America was founded in New York in 1928 by Samuel Craig. In 1932 the firm was acquired by the Literary Guild. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 63, and see www.literaryguild.com. | 2008 |
| Bosworth & Co. Ltd | Bosworth & Co. is a long-established music publisher. The firm is now part of Music Sales Ltd. See www.musicsales.com. | 2007 |
| Previous | Next |