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Diehl, Landau and PettitDiehl, Landau and Pettit was founded in 1929 as the successor firm to R. F. Fenno and Company. The firm subsequently became the Landau Book Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 161, which names Louis Landau as the President of the firm in 1986.2009
Dime LibraryThe Dime Library was created by Beadle and Adams around 1859. At various times it was known as Dime Novels, Beadle's Dime Novels, Beadle's Dime Books and Beadle's Dime Publications. The assets of Beadle and Adams (including the Dime Library) were acquired by M. J. Ivers and Company in 1898. See the FOB entries for Beadle and Adams and M. J. Ivers and Company.2009
E. J. Arnold & Son LtdE. J. Arnold & Son Ltd was founded in Leeds in 1863 and became a major firm of stationers, printers and publishers. In 1989 most of the firm was acquired by Nottingham Group plc and merged with Nottingham Educational Supplies to form NES Arnold. NES Arnold became part of the Novara group and in 2001 was purchased by Findel plc. See www.findel-education.co.uk and www.nesarnold.co.uk.2008
Econ VerlagEcon Verlag was founded as an economics publisher in 1950, and was subsequently acquired by the Axel Springer group, becoming part of Econ Ullstein List and then from 2000 to 2003 of Ullstein Heyne List. Ullstein Heyne List was broken up in 2003 and Econ Verlag was sold to Bonnier AB of Stockholm. It is now an imprint of Ullstein Buchverlage. See www.bonnier.com and www.ullsteinbuchverlage.de.2008
Editions du Centre de Psychologie AppliquéeLes Editions du Centre de Psychologie Appliquée constituted a French testing business which was acquired in 2002 by the Psychological Corporation / Harcourt Assessment, then a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier. In 2008 Harcourt Assessment was sold by Reed Elsevier to Pearson. See www.harcourtassessment.com and pearsonassess.com.2008
Embassy Books LtdEmbassy Books Ltd was a publishing firm based in Toronto. In 1944 the firm was acquired by the McGraw-Hill Book Company, and later incorporated into McGraw-Hill Ryerson. See www.mcgrawhill.ca.2008
EP Publishing LtdEP Publishing was purchased by A. & C. Black Publishers Ltd from Seymour Press in 1983. A. & C. Black is still trading under its own name (see www.acblack.com), but is owned by Bloomsbury Publishing. 2008
Ernest Benn LtdErnest Benn was purchased by A. & C. Black Publishers Ltd in 1984. A. & C. Black is still trading under its own name (see www.acblack.com), but is owned by Bloomsbury Publishing. 2008
EurolexThe Eurolex system was purchased by Butterworths Telepublishing from International Thomson Organisation in 1985. Butterworths is now a division of Reed Elsevier, also trading as LexisNexis Butterworths. See www.butterworths.com.2007
Europa Publications LtdEuropa Publications Ltd was purchased by Taylor & Francis in 1999 and Europa is now a Routledge Reference imprint within the Taylor & Francis Group. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com.2006

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