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| Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. | Alfred A. Knopf founded his publishing house in New York in 1915. The library and archive of the firm were acquired by the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, in 1959. In 1960 the firm was sold to Random House, which is now owned by Bertelsmann. See www.randomhouse.com/knopf and www.bertelsmann.com. | 2009 |
| Alison Press | Alison Press, founded by Barley Alison in the 1960s, was an associate, an imprint, and finally a subsidiary of Secker & Warburg. See the FOB entry for Secker & Warburg. | 2008 |
| Allman & Son (Publishers) Ltd | The Allman educational list was purchased by John Boon of Mills & Boon in 1961. Mills & Boon was purchased by Harlequin in 1971 (see www.millsandboon.co.uk). The educational and non-fiction general list of Harlequin Mills & Boon was purchased by Bell & Hyman in 1980. See the FOB entry for Bell & Hyman, which indicates that any surviving rights will belong to HarperCollins, part of News Corporation. See www.newscorp.com. | 2007 |
| AltaMira Press | AltaMira Press was launched in 1995 as an imprint of Sage Publications. The firm was acquired in 1999 by the Rowman & Littlefield Group. See www.altamirapress.com and www.rowmanlittlefield.com. | 2008 |
| Amalgamated Press | Amalgamated Press was founded by Alfred Harmsworth and began publishing 'Comic Cuts' in 1890. In 1959 the firm was renamed Fleetway Publications. See the FOB entry for Fleetway Publications, which indicates that any surviving rights will now belong to Egmont Books. See www.egmont.co.uk. | 2007 |
| American Publishing Company | The American Publishing Company was founded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1865, and became one of the most successful subscription publishing houses in the USA, with numerous subsidiary companies. In 1903 the firm was purchased by Harper & Brothers. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 11-12, and see the FOB entry for Harper & Brothers, which indicates that the firm is now in the ownership of the HarperCollins division of News Corporation. | 2009 |
| Amistad Press | Amistad Press was founded by Charles F. Harris in 1986, specializing in the publication of African-American authors. In 1999 the firm was acquired by HarperCollins, which is owned by News Corporation. See www.harpercollins.com and www.newscorp.com. | 2008 |
| Andrew Brodie Publications | The Somerset-based independent publishing firm of Andrew Brodie Publications was acquired by A. & C. Black in 2002-03. See the FOB entry for A. & C. Black. | 2014 |
| Anglo-Canadian Music Publishers' Association | The Anglo-Canadian Music Publishers' Association was founded in Toronto in 1885 to counteract the import of pirated editions into Canada. The firm went into liquidation in 1920. See 'Music printing and publishing' / edited by D. W. Krummel and Stanley Sadie (1990). | 2007 |
| Anker Publishing | Anker Publishing was established as a specialist publisher for higher education practice. In 2007 the firm was acquired by Wiley and incorporated into its Jossey-Bass division. See www.josseybass.com and www.wiley.com. | 2008 |
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