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| Permabooks | Permabooks was established in 1948 as an imprint of the Garden City subsidiary of Doubleday (q.v.). In 1954 Doubleday sold Permabooks to Pocket Books. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 284-286 and see the FOB entry for Pocket Books, which indicates that the firm now belongs to Simon & Schuster. See www.simonsays.com. | 2008 |
| Peter Collin Publishing | Peter Collin Publishing now forms part of A. & C. Black, which in turn is owned by Bloomsbury. See the FOB entry for A. & C. Black, and www.acblack.com. | 2014 |
| Peter Davies Ltd | Peter Davies set up his own publishing company in 1926. In 1937 William Heinemann Ltd took a majority interest in the firm of Peter Davies Ltd, and the two firms were closely linked for the next forty years. In 1977 Peter Davies Ltd was fully incorporated into Heinemann. See the FOB entry for William Heinemann Ltd. | 2008 |
| Peter F. Cunningham and Son | Peter F. Cunningham founded his publishing firm in Philadelphia around 1860. In 1873 the firm became Peter F. Cunningham and Son. In 1908 it was purchased by P. J. Kenedy and Sons. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 110 and see the FOB entry for P. J. Kenedy and Sons. | 2009 |
| Peter Newell | According to the catalogue of the Peter Owen papers in Reading University Library, Peter Newell was an early imprint [ca. 1950] of Peter Owen. The firm of Peter Owen Publishers remains independent. See www.peterowen.com. | 2009 |
| Philip Harris | In 1997 Nottingham Group plc and the firm of Philip Harris merged to form a new company called Novara. In 2001 Novara was purchased by Findel plc. See www.findel-education.co.uk. | 2008 |
| Philip Wellby | The firm of Philip Wellby was a publisher of occult books. In 1908 the firm was taken over by the newly formed William Rider & Co. William Rider & Co. was acquired by Random House UK, which is owned by Bertelsmann, and Rider is now a Random House imprint. See www.bertelsmann.com and www.randomhouse.co.uk. | 2008 |
| Piatkus Books | Piatkus Books was founded as an independent publisher by Judy Piatkus in 1979. The firm is now part of the Little, Brown group. See www.piatkus.co.uk. | 2008 |
| Pica Press | Pica Press is part of the Natural History division of A. & C. Black Publishers Ltd. A. & C. Black is still trading under its own name (see www.acblack.com), but is owned by Bloomsbury Publishing. | 2008 |
| Picador | The Picador imprint was launched in 1972 by Pan Books, which at that time was owned jointly by Collins, Macmillan and Heinemann. In 1987 Pan became a wholly owned subsidiary of Macmillan. Since 1999, Macmillan has been wholly owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group, with Pan Macmillan as one of the company's principal divisions. See www.holtzbrinck.com. | 2006 |
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