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| S. W. Partridge and Co. | The printing and publishing firm of S. W. Partridge and Co. was founded in 1850. According to 'The Writers' and Artists' Year Book 1939', in 1930 the firm was purchased by A. & C. Black. S. W. Partridge and Co. continued publishing until World War II, but appears to have been discontinued during the war. See the FOB entry for A. & C. Black. | 2010 |
| Saalfield Publishing Company | The Saalfield Publishing Company was founded in Akron, Ohio in 1900 by Arthur J. Saalfield, who had taken over the publishing assets of the Werner Company. The firm developed a specialism in books in the names of motion picture stars, including Shirley Temple, Marilyn Monroe and Woody Woodpecker. The firm ceased operations and went out of existence in 1977. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 324. | 2009 |
| Sagamore Press | The publishing firm of Sagamore Press was acquired by Thomas Yoseloff, Inc. around 1957. See the FOB entry for Thomas Yoseloff, Inc., which indicates that the firm merged with A. S. Barnes & Co. in 1958 and in 1978 the merged firm was acquired by Leisure Dynamics, Inc., shortly after which it disappeared from the world of publishing. | 2008 |
| Saturday Review Press | Saturday Review Press was established in 1971 as the successor firm to McCall Books (q.v.). In 1973 Saturday Review Press was sold to E. P. Dutton and Company, which is now part of the Penguin Group. The use of the name Saturday Review Press ceased in 1977. See us.penguingroup.com and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 328. | 2008 |
| Saxon Publishers | Saxon Publishers was established as a skills-based math instruction publisher. In 2004 Saxon Publishers was acquired by the Harcourt Achieve division of Reed Elsevier. Harcourt Achieve was purchased by Houghton Mifflin in 2007, and is now part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. See saxonpublishers.harcourtachieve.com and www.hmhco.com. | 2008 |
| Scarecrow Press | "Scarecrow Press was purchased in 1995 by University Press of America and moved from its Metuchen, New Jersey, headquarters to Lanham, Maryland, where it is now a member of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group." Quoted from www.scarecrowpress.com. See also www.rowmanlittlefield.com. | 2008 |
| Sceptre Press | Sceptre Press was run as the private press of the poet Martin Booth from 1969 to 1981. The archives of the firm are in the University of New Hampshire Library and the University of Birmingham Library. According to the University of New Hampshire catalogue, the rights to the name Sceptre Press were purchased by Nora Aldridge in 1984. See also the WATCH entry for Martin Booth. | 2008 |
| Scolar Press | Scolar Press was run by Dr Robin Alston from 1966 to 1973. See Dr Alston's account of the sale of Scolar Press to Bemrose at www.r-alston.co.uk/Scolarexperience.htm. The following sentence is taken from Dr Alston's website: "The imprint was acquired by Gower in Aldershot; Gower was then swallowed by Ashgate; and as far as I can tell the Scolar imprint has completely disappeared." | 2007 |
| Seal Press | Seal Press was founded as a publisher of books for women in 1976. In 2007 the firm was acquired by the Perseus Books Group. See www.sealpress.com and www.perseusbooks.com. | 2008 |
| Seizin Press | Seizin Press was founded in London in 1928 by Laura Riding and Robert Graves. The Press was moved to Deya, Mallorca in 1929. On the break-up of their partnership in 1939, Riding ceded all rights in Seizin Press to Graves. Graves occasionally used the Seizin imprint after his return to Mallorca in 1946. See the WATCH entry for Robert Graves. | 2006 |
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