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Maunsel and Roberts	The Irish publishing firm of Maunsel and Roberts began trading as Maunsel and Co. in 1905. It changed its name to Maunsel and Roberts in 1920, and closed down through bankruptcy in 1925. See Clare Hutton: 'Maunsel and Co., Irish publishers, 1905-1925', Publishing history 51 (2002).	2008
Mayfield Publishing Company	The California-based educational publishing firm known as Mayfield Publishing Company was purchased by McGraw-Hill in 2000. See www.mcgraw-hill.com.	2008
McBride, Nast and Company	Robert Medill McBride founded his first publishing company in New York in 1910 and named it McBride, Winston and Company. In 1911 Condé Nast acquired the principal financial interest in the firm and it was renamed McBride, Nast and Company. Nast left the firm in 1915 and it was then renamed Robert M. McBride and Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 224, and see the FOB entry for Robert M. McBride and Company, which indicates that the firm was purchased by Outlet Book Company in 1949 and that Outlet is now part of Random House (www.randomhouse.com).	2008
McCall Books	The publishing firm of McCall Books was founded in New York in 1968 by Norton Simon. The firm was acquired by Saturday Review Industries in 1971 and was renamed Saturday Review Press. In 1973 Saturday Review Press was sold to E. P. Dutton and Company, which is now part of the Penguin Group. See www.penguin.com and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 328.	2014
McClure, Phillips and Company	The publishing firm of McClure, Phillips and Company was founded in 1900 after the dissolution of Doubleday & McClure. The founders were Samuel S. McClure and John S. Phillips. In 1907 Phillips withdrew and the firm continued briefly as the McClure Company. In 1908 McClure sold his book publishing interest to Doubleday, Page. See the FOB entry for Doubleday & Company, and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 227-229.	2008
McCorquodale plc	The printing and publishing firm of McCorquodale was purchased by The Print Factory in 2005. See www.tpfgroup.co.uk.	2008
McDougal Littell	The publishing firm of McDougal Littel was founded in 1969. In 1994 the firm was purchased by Houghton Mifflin, and it is now part of the Holt McDougal division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. See www.mcdougallittell.com and www.hmhco.com.	2008
McGraw Publishing Company	James H. McGraw began working in publishing in 1884, and purchased the 'American Journal of Railway Appliances' in 1888. The McGraw Publishing Company was incorporated in 1899. In 1909 McGraw Publishing Company and Hill Publishing Company merged to form the McGraw-Hill Book Company. See www.mcgraw-hill.com.	2008
McMullen Books	The firm of McMullen Books was purchased by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy (later Farrar, Straus & Giroux) in 1958. In 1994 Farrar, Straus & Giroux was purchased by the Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck. See www.holtzbrinck.com.	2008
Medill McBride	After the sale in 1949 of his firm Robert M. McBride and Company (q.v.) to Outlet Book Company, Robert Medill McBride founded a new publishing firm called Medill McBride. McBride resigned from Medill McBride in 1951, and the firm continued under the management of Harold M. Metcalf and Edward I. Metcalf. In 1952 the firm changed its name to Metcalf Associates, and in 1953 Metcalf Associates was acquired by Outlet Book Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 227, and see the FOB entry for Outlet Book Company, which indicates the firm is today a division of Random House, Inc. (www.randomhouse.com), known as Random House Value Publishing.	2008

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