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Macy-Masius	The publishing firm of Macy-Masius was founded in New York in 1926 by George Macy. In 1928 the firm was purchased by Vanguard Press. See the FOB entry for Vanguard Press, which indicates that the Vanguard Press in question was acquired by Random House in 1988; and see 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 218.	2008
Madison Book Company	The Madison Book Company was founded in Chicago in 1902 by Frank K. Reilly and Sumner C. Britton. In 1904 the firm's name was changed to Reilly and Britton Publishing Company. Britton left the firm in 1916, and from 1919 William F. Lee became a full partner and the firm became Reilly and Lee Publishing Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 315-316, and see the FOB entry for Reilly and Lee, which indicates that the successor firms now belong to McGraw-Hill (www.mcgraw-hill.com).	2008
Madison House	There are several companies in the USA trading as Madison House. The Madison House publishing company, with a specialism in American history, was acquired by the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group in 2000. See www.rowmanlittlefield.com.	2008
Magic Carpet Books	Magic Carpet Books was established as a children's imprint of Harcourt, Brace & Company. See the FOB entry for Harcourt, Brace. From 2007 Magic Carpet Books is an imprint of Harcourt Children's Books, within Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. See www.hmhco.com and www.harcourtbooks.com.	2008
Mahlon Day	The publishing firm of Day and Turner was founded in New York in 1815 by Mahlon Day and Charles Turner. Turner withdrew from the firm around 1820 and it continued as Mahlon Day until 1846 when Day retired. From 1846 the firm continued as Baker, Crane and Day (q.v.), but it went out of business in 1848. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 114-115.	2009
Mainstream Publishing	The firm of Mainstream Publishing was founded in Edinburgh in 1978. In 2005 the firm formed a publishing partnership with Random House UK, with Random House taking a 50% holding. See www.mainstreampublishing.com and www.randomhouse.co.uk.	2008
Major Books	Major Books was founded by Milton Luros in 1975 as a division of Chatsworth Enterprises in Chatsworth, California. The firm appears to have gone out of business around 1980. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 220.	2008
Manor Books	Manor Books was founded around 1972 in New York as a paperback publisher. The firm's founding president was Walter Weidenbaum. Manor Books appears to havce gone out of business around 1981. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 220.	2008
Mansfield Press	Mansfield Press, the legal publisher, is now part of Informa Law, which in turn is part of the Taylor & Francis Group. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com. Do not confuse with the literary publisher based in Toronto (www.mansfieldpress.net) nor with the printing firm based in Clifton, New Jersey (mansfieldpress.com).	2006
Manthorne and Burack, Inc.	Manthorne and Burack was a small publishing house in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1945 the firm merged with John W. Luce and Company. See the FOB entry for John W. Luce and Company, which indicates that the merged firm ceased publishing new titles in 1947, and went out of business shortly afterwards. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 214.	2008

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