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Gnome PressGnome Press was founded in New York in 1948 by Martin Greenberg and David A. Kyle. The firm published mostly science fiction books, including early works by Isaac Asimov. The firm failed and went out of business in 1962.2008
Godsfield PressGodsfield Press was acquired by the Octopus Publishing Group (which is owned by Hachette) in 2003. See www.octopus-publishing.co.uk. 2008
Goldsmith Publishing CompanyGoldsmith Publishing Company was founded in Chicago around 1931 as a publisher of affordable hardback children's books. From 1937 the firm shared office space with M. A. Donohue Company, but it went out of business around 1939. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 162.2008
Gordon & Breach Publishing GroupThe Gordon & Breach Publishing Group was founded in 1961. In 2001 the firm was purchased by the Taylor & Francis Group. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com.2009
Granada PublishingGranada Publishing was acquired by William Collins in 1983. See the FOB entry for William Collins, which indicates that rights will now be owned by the HarperCollins division of News Corporation. See www.newscorp.com.2007
Grant RichardsGrant Richards founded his first publishing firm in 1897. Following bankruptcy proceedings, its assets were sold in 1905. Richards subsequently resumed publishing, but there were further bankruptcy proceedings in 1926, after which the firm (renamed Richards Press) passed out of Grant Richards' ownership. Richards Press was later bought first by Martin Secker, then by John Baker, and finally by A. & C. Black. See the FOB entry for A. & C. Black.2008
Greenberg PublisherThe firm of Greenberg Publisher was founded in New York in 1924 by Jacob W. Greenberg. In 1958 the firm was acquired by Chilton Publishing Company. See the FOB entry for Chilton Publishing Company, and see 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 164.2008
Greenhaven PressGreenhaven Press was founded in the 1970s as the publisher of Opposing Viewpoints. The firm was purchased in 2000 by the Thomson Gale division of the Thomson Corporation. See www.gale.com.2006
Greenwillow BooksGreenwillow Books was founded in 1974 as an autonomous children's book division of William Morrow & Company. The founding editor was Susan Hirschman. See the FOB entry for William Morrow & Company, which indicates that in 1999 the firm was acquired by News Corporation and incorporated into HarperCollins. See www.newscorp.com and www.harpercollins.com. Greenwillow continues to be used as an imprint by HarperCollins.2008
Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.Greenwood Press was founded as an academic and educational publisher in 1967. The firm was acquired in 1969 by Williamhouse-Regency, then by Congressional Information Service and then by Elsevier (later Reed Elsevier). In 1996 the Greenwood Publishing Group merged with Heinemann Publishing to create Greenwood-Heinemann, which later became part of Harcourt Education. See the entries in FOB for all the firms bearing the name of Heinemann. Greenwood Publishing Group (including Heinemann USA) later became part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and then ABC-CLIO. See www.abc-clio.com/greenwood-authors.2020

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