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| Editions Piccolia | Editions Piccolia was founded in 1991 in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge, France, as a publisher of books for children. In 2001 the firm was acquired by Bonnier AB of Stockholm. See www.editions-piccolia.fr. | 2008 |
| Elsevier NV | The Elsevier firm was founded in Rotterdam in 1880 by Jacobus George Robbers. It was named after a sixteenth-century firm of Dutch printers. In 1993 Elsevier NV merged with Reed International plc to form Reed Elsevier. See www.reedelsevier.com. | 2006 |
| Elzevir Publishing Company | Elzevir Publishing Company was one of a number of companies founded by the bookseller and publisher John B. Alden. The firm began trading in 1893 and went out of existence in 1894, when its assets were assigned to Frank Tracy. See the FOB entry for John B. Alden and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 6. | 2009 |
| EP Publishing Ltd | EP Publishing was purchased by A. & C. Black Publishers Ltd from Seymour Press in 1983. A. & C. Black is still trading under its own name (see www.acblack.com), but is owned by Bloomsbury Publishing. | 2008 |
| Europa Publications Ltd | Europa Publications Ltd was purchased by Taylor & Francis in 1999 and Europa is now a Routledge Reference imprint within the Taylor & Francis Group. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com. | 2006 |
| 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 |
| Fanfrolico Press | The Fanfrolico Press was founded in Sydney in 1923 by Jack Lindsay and John T. Kirtley, and moved to London in 1926. Kirtley returned to Sydney in 1927, and the firm was forced by financial difficulties to close in 1930. See the WATCH entry for Jack Lindsay. | 2013 |
| Fantasy Press | Fantasy Press was founded in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1946 as a publisher principally of science fiction. In 1958 the firm was closed down and its list sold to Gnome Press. See the FOB entry for Gnome Press. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 134. | 2008 |
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