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| Evans Brothers (Nigeria Publishers) Ltd | The publishing firm of Evans Brothers (Nigeria Publishers) Ltd was established as a Nigerian company by Evans Brothers UK in 1966. The firm retains an association with the British Evans Publishing Group, but is now Nigerian-owned, under the auspices of the Otunba Adekunle Ojora. See www.evanspublishers.com.ng. | 2008 |
| Everyman Library | J. M. Dent published the Everyman Library from 1906. Dent was purchased by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1988. Weidenfeld & Nicolson is now part of the Orion Group. See the Weidenfeld & Nicolson entry in FOB and www.orionbooks.co.uk. The names of Dent and Everyman are still used by Orion Books. In the USA Everyman's Library is now published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House. See www.randomhouse.com. | 2008 |
| F. M. Lupton Publishing Company | Frank Moore Lupton founded his publishing firm in New York around 1882. The firm was renamed the Federal Book Company in 1902 and went out of business about two years later. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 288. | 2014 |
| Fayard | Arthème Fayard 1er founded his publishing house in Paris in 1857. The business remained largely a family concern until it was bought by Hachette in 1958. Fayard remains a separate company under the Hachette umbrella. See www.hachette.com and www.editions-fayard.fr. | 2008 |
| Fleetway Publications | Fleetway Publications came into existence in 1959 as the successor firm to Amalgamated Press. In 1963 it became part of IPC Media, and was subsequently purchased by Robert Maxwell. Robert Maxwell's interest in Fleetway was purchased by Egmont in 1991-92 and for about ten years the imprint Egmont Fleetway was used. The Fleetway name has now virtually ceased to appear. See www.egmont.co.uk. | 2008 |
| Focal Press Ltd | Focal Press was founded as a Media Technology publisher over 60 years ago. The firm was acquired by Pitmans in the 1960s and then purchased by Butterworths in 1981. It has been an imprint of the Butterworth-Heinemann division of Reed Elsevier. According to Wikipedia, Routledge Taylor & Francis acquired Focal in 2012. See and https://www.routledge.com/. | 2020 |
| Frederick Muller Ltd | Frederick Muller Ltd was founded as an independent publishing house in the 1930s. The firm was purchased by Harlech Television in 1978 and sold in 1983, after which it was merged with Blond & Briggs 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. | 2008 |
| Frederick Warne Ltd | Frederick Warne founded his own publishing house in London in 1865, and opened a New York office in 1881. Frederick Warne Ltd was bought by Penguin in July 1983. Penguin is part of Pearson plc. See www.pearson.com. | 2009 |
| George Bell & Sons Ltd | George Bell established his firm in London in 1839. From 1856 to 1875 the firm was known as Bell & Daldy; it then became George Bell & Sons Ltd. It remained a family firm until 1977, when it was sold to Robin Hyman and renamed Bell & Hyman Ltd. In 1986 Bell & Hyman Ltd merged with George Allen & Unwin to form Unwin Hyman. In 1990 Unwin Hyman was sold to HarperCollins, part of News Corporation. See www.newscorp.com. | 2008 |
| George Newnes Limited | George Newnes began his publishing firm with the publication of 'Tit-Bits' in 1881. George Newnes Limited was one of three companies which merged in 1963 to form IPC (International Publishing Corporation). IPC was purchased by the Reed Group in 1970, and then by a Cinven-backed consortium in 1998, before being purchased by AOL Time Warner in 2001. See www.ipcmedia.com, which still includes some famous Newnes titles such as 'Homes & Gardens'. | 2008 |
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