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| Moon Publications | Moon Publications was founded in 1973 as a travel publishing firm. In 1999 Moon Publications, John Muir Publications and Foghorn Press merged to form the new firm of Avalon Travel. Avalon Travel is now part of the Perseus Books Group. See www.avalontravelbooks.com and www.perseusbooks.com. | 2008 |
| Multnomah Publishers | Multnomah Publishers was founded as an evangelical Christian publishing house in Sisters, Oregon. In August 2006 the firm was purchased by Random House, which is owned by Bertelsmann, and is now part of the WaterBrook Multnomah group within Random House. See www.randomhouse.com and www.bertelsmann.com. | 2008 |
| Murray Pollinger | Murray Pollinger and Gerald Pollinger, with their father Laurence Pollinger, founded the literary agency Laurence Pollinger Ltd in 1958. Gerald Pollinger went on to become managing director of Laurence Pollinger Ltd, while Murray Pollinger established his own firm which he ran until his retirement in 1996. Subsequently the firm of Murray Pollinger became part of David Higham Associates. See www.davidhigham.co.uk. | 2006 |
| Mutual Publishing Company | Mutual Publishing Company was one of the largest subsidiary companies of the American Publishing Company (1865-1903). See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 11, and see the FOB entry for American Publishing Company, which indicates that the firm is now in the ownership of the HarperCollins division of News Corporation. | 2009 |
| Mysterious Press | The publishing firm of Mysterious Press was founded by Otto Penzler in 1975. In 1989 the firm was acquired by Warner Books. Warner Books was purchased by Hachette Livre in 2006, and renamed Grand Central Publishing. See www.hachettebookgroupusa.com. | 2008 |
| N. A. G. Press | N. A. G. Press was established as a publisher of "horological and gemmological" books. The firm was acquired by Robert Hale Limited in 1993. See www.halebooks.com. | 2008 |
| Nautical Publishing Company | The Nautical Publishing Company was purchased by A. & C. Black Publishers Ltd from Conway Maritime Press in 1987. A. & C. Black is still trading under its own name (see www.acblack.com), but is owned by Bloomsbury Publishing. | 2008 |
| Neale Publishing Company | The Neale Company was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1894 by Walter Neale. In 1901 it became the Neale Publishing Company. Walter Neale died in 1933 and the firm went out of existence. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 332-334. | 2009 |
| New Century Publishing | New Century Publishing was a division of Appleton-Century-Crofts after its purchase by Meredith Publishing Company in 1960. The principal parts of the firm were later sold by Meredith. See the FOB entry for Appleton-Century-Crofts. The New Century division was sold in 1974 to Charles Walther. New Century Publishing was then purchased in 1990 by Frank Gil, who changed its name to New Win Publishing. New Win Publishing was purchased by the Academic Learning Company in 2003. See www.academiclearningcompany.com. | 2008 |
| New Win Publishing | See the FOB entry for New Century Publishing, which was formerly a part of Appleton-Century-Crofts. New Century Publishing was purchased in 1990 by Frank Gil, who changed its name to New Win Publishing. New Win Publishing was purchased by the Academic Learning Company in 2003. See www.academiclearningcompany.com. | 2008 |
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