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Steck Vaughn Publishing CorporationSteck Vaughn Publishing Corporation was founded in 1936. In 1997-1998 the firm was acquired by the Harcourt division of Reed Elsevier. In 2007 Steck Vaughn was one of the Harcourt companies purchased from Reed Elsevier by Houghton Mifflin. See steckvaughn.harcourtachieve.com and www.hmhco.com.2008
Stein and Day PublishersThe firm of Stein and Day Publishers was founded by Sol Stein and Patricia Day in New York in 1962. In 1989 the firm was forced into bankruptcy. The principal creditor was Bookcrafters (later Sheridan Books). See Sol Stein's account of the legal proceedings in 'Bankruptcy: a feast for lawyers' (1989). The archives of Stein and Day are housed in Columbia University Library.2008
Sterling PublishingSterling Publishing was established as a specialist US publisher of books for enthusiasts. The firm was acquired by Barnes & Noble in 2003. See www.barnesandnobleinc.com.2008
Story Classics PressThe publishing firm of Story Classics Press was acquired by Thomas Yoseloff, Inc. in 1956. See 'Publishers Weekly', 20 August 1956, and 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
Sutton PublishingSutton Publishing was founded by Alan Sutton, and was subsequently in the ownership of Guernsey Press and Haynes, before being bought back by Alan Sutton's NPI Media company in January 2007. See the FOB entry for NPI Media, which indicates that the firm is now in the ownership of the History Press, Charleston, South Carolina (www.historypress.net).2008
Swets & Zeitlinger PublishersSwets & Zeitlinger was founded in 1916 and based in Lisse, the Netherlands. In 2003 Swets & Zeitlinger was purchased by the Taylor & Francis Group. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com and www.tandf.co.uk/swets.asp.2008
Syngress PublishingThe firm of Syngress Publishing was founded by Chris Williams and Amy Pedersen in 1997. In 2006 the firm was acquired by Reed Elsevier. See www.elsevierdirect.com.2008
T. & A. D. PoyserT. & A. D. Poyser, formerly part of Elsevier Science, is now 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
Templar PublishingTemplar Publishing was founded as a children's publishing house in 1978. In 2008 the firm was acquired by Bonnier Publishing, a British subsidiary of Bonnier AB of Stockholm. See www.bonnierpublishing.co.uk.2008
Temple PressThere has been a number of firms called Temple Press. The Irish packaging firm of Temple Press was acquired by Jefferson Smurfit in 1968, and is now part of the Smurfit Kappa Group. See www.smurfitkappa.com.2007

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