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University Press of AmericaThe book publishing firm called University Press of America was founded in 1975. The firm is now part of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. See www.univpress.com and www.rowmanlittlefield.com.2008
University Tutorial PressUniversity Tutorial Press was bought by Bell & Hyman in September 1985. See the FOB entry for Bell & Hyman, which indicates that the firm is now in the ownership of HarperCollins, part of News Corporation. See www.newscorp.com.2007
Useful Knowledge Publishing CompanyUseful Knowledge Publishing Company was one of a number of companies founded by the bookseller and publisher John B. Alden. The firm began trading in 1882 and went out of existence in 1883. See the FOB entry for John B. Alden and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 6.2009
Vale PressThe Vale Press was founded by Charles S. Ricketts and Charles H. Shannon in 1893. It was named after 'The Vale', the house in Chelsea where Ricketts and Shannon lived. From 1894, the firm was managed by Ricketts alone and funded by Llewellyn Hacon. The firm closed down in 1904. See the entries in WATCH for Ricketts and Shannon.2008
Vanguard PressThe name of Vanguard Press has been used by a number of publishing houses, and there have been at least two firms using the name since 2005. See www.vanguardpressbooks.com for the member of the Perseus Books Group and pegasuspublishers.com for Vanguard Press as an imprint of Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Ltd. Historically the best-known firm bearing the name of Vanguard Press was founded in the 1920s by Upton Sinclair, Rex Stout and others. That Vanguard Press was acquired by Random House in 1988. See the report in 'New York Times', 25 October 1988.2008
Viking PressViking Press was founded in New York in 1925 by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim. In the same year Viking absorbed the firm of B. W. Huebsch (q.v.). Viking Press was acquired by Penguin Books in 1975, and is now part of the Pearson Group. See us.penguingroup.com.2008
Vine PressThe Vine Press was founded by Victor Neuburg in 1919 and remained in his personal ownership. The Vine Press went out of existence in 1930 and Neuburg died in 1940. There was a brief attempt to revive the press in 1947 by Neuburg's partner Runia MacLeod, but this produced only one publication. 2006
ViragoVirago was founded in 1973 and published initially in association with Quartet. The firm was bought by Chatto, Bodley Head & Cape in 1982 and became part of CVBC Services. Virago returned to independence in 1987 with a management buy-out. The directors sold the firm to Little, Brown in 1996. See www.virago.co.uk and www.littlebrown.co.uk.2007
Virgin BooksVirgin Books was founded in 1979 as a rock music publisher, linked to Virgin Records. In March 2007 Random House Group became a majority shareholder in the company. Random House is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.virginbooks.com; www.randomhouse.co.uk; and www.bertelsmann.com.2008
Wace Corporate PrintThe firm of Wace Corporate Print was purchased by The Print Factory in 2005. See www.tpfgroup.co.uk.2008

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