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Incorporated Society of Authors	Incorporated Society of Authors was an early name of what is now the Society of Authors. See e.g. 'Hardy succeeds Meredith: accepts the presidency of the Incorporated Society of Authors', New York Times, 20 March 1910. See www.societyofauthors.org.	2008
Ivan Obolensky, Inc.	The publishing firm of McDowell, Obolensky was founded in New York in 1957 by David McDowell and Ivan Obolensky. In 1960 McDowell left the firm, which continued as Ivan Obolensky, Inc. In 1967 the firm was reconstituted as Astor-Honor, Inc., publishing Astor Books and Honor Books. Astor-Honor went out of business in 1968. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 229-231.	2008
James R. Osgood and Company	James R. Osgood and Company was founded in Boston in 1871 as a successor firm to Fields, Osgood and Company (q.v.). The firm was in financial difficulty in 1878 and was forced to merge with Hurt and Houghton to form Houghton, Osgood and Company (q.v.). James R. Osgood and Company was re-formed in 1880 and continued until it went out of business in 1885. The firm's debts were covered by the new firm of Ticknor and Company (q.v.). See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 341-347.	2009
LLP Professional Publications	Publications with the imprint LLP Professional began to appear in the 1980s. The firm was previously known as Lloyds of London Press. The LLP Group plc was formed in 1995 and was merged with IBC Group in 1998 to form Informa (now T&F Informa). LLP Professional is now an imprint of Informa Law. See www.informalaw.com.	2008
Macmillan Inc.	The Macmillan Company of New York was sold by the Macmillan family in 1950-51. After a merger with Crowell-Collier in 1960, the firm became Macmillan Inc. in 1973. Macmillan Inc. was purchased by Robert Maxwell in 1988 and after the collapse of the Maxwell businesses, the firm's ownership was much divided. The largest proportion of the residual rights rests with Simon & Schuster (www.simonsays.com), but Macmillan General Reference was acquired by Wiley; the Macmillan School list now belongs to McGraw-Hill; the Macmillan College list belongs to Pearson; and Macmillan Library Reference belongs to Thomson Gale. The UK Macmillan company, owned by Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck, also has a US operation (see us.macmillan.com).	2009
Modern Library	The Modern Library was founded as an imprint of Boni and Liveright (q.v.) in New York in 1917. Its original name was The Modern Library of the World's Best Books. In 1925 the Modern Library was purchased from Boni and Liveright by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. In 1927 Cerf and Klopfer changed the name of the firm to Random House. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 242-245; the FOB entry for Random House; and www.randomhouse.com.	2008
Nimbus	Nimbus: A Magazine of Literature, the Arts, and New Ideas began publication in December 1951 as a quarterly magazine edited by Tristram Hull for the magazine’s thirteen issues. Hull was later joined by co-editors Ivo Jarosy and David Wright. In 1957 Christopher Logue became co-editor with Hull and the name of the magazine was changed to Nimbus: New English Review. The magazine was published by John Trafford at the Halcyon Press. It ceased publication in 1958. A collection of editorial files for all issues of the magazine except the last are housed at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.	2025
Oakley and Mason	The firm of D. F. Robinson and Company was founded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1828, and is the original predecessor firm of Baker and Taylor. The name of Baker and Taylor was adopted in 1885, and between 1828 and 1885 the firm had many names, including Robinson, Pratt and Company; Pratt, Woodford and Company; Farmer, Brace and Company; Blakeman and Mason; Oakley and Mason; Mason, Baker and Pratt; and Baker, Pratt and Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 34-35 and see the Our History page of www.btol.com.	2009
Octopus Publishing Group	The Octopus Publishing Group (founded by Paul Hamlyn, and with imprints including Hamlyn, Mitchell Beazley, Conran and Philip's) was purchased by Hachette in 2001. Other imprints previously part of the Octopus Group (such as William Heinemann) had already been sold to Random House in 1997. See www.hachette.com and www.octopus-publishing.co.uk.	2006
Odhams Limited	In 1898 the firms of William Odhams and Odhams Brothers Limited merged to form Odhams Limited, which operated as a printing and a publishing company. The printing company, Odhams Press, went out of existence in 1983. The publishing company, Odhams Books, 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 Odhams titles such as 'Ideal Home'.	2006

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