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| Mainstream Publishing | The firm of Mainstream Publishing was founded in Edinburgh in 1978. In 2005 the firm formed a publishing partnership with Random House UK, with Random House taking a 50% holding. See www.mainstreampublishing.com and www.randomhouse.co.uk. | 2008 |
| Mansfield Press | Mansfield Press, the legal publisher, is now part of Informa Law, which in turn is part of the Taylor & Francis Group. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com. Do not confuse with the literary publisher based in Toronto (www.mansfieldpress.net) nor with the printing firm based in Clifton, New Jersey (mansfieldpress.com). | 2006 |
| Marshall Pickering | The religious publishing firm Marshall Pickering was formed in the mid-1980s by a merger of Marshall, Morgan and Scott and Pickering & Inglis. Marshall Pickering was acquired by the Zondervan Corporation, which in turn was acquired in 1988 by Harper & Row (now the HarperCollins division of News Corporation). The Zondervan website states that in 2001 "Zondervan assumed all publishing responsibilities for Marshall Pickering, the HarperCollins UK evangelical imprint". See www.zondervan.com. | 2007 |
| Mason, Baker and Pratt | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Michael Imison Playwrights | Michael Imison Playwrights was incorporated into Alan Brodie Representation Ltd in 1997. See www.alanbrodie.com. | 2008 |
| Monacelli Press | The Monacelli Press was founded in New York in 1994 as a visual arts book publisher. In 2008 the firm was acquired by Random House, Inc., which is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.monacellipress.com and www.bertelsmann.com. | 2008 |
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