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Capstone PressCapstone Press was founded in 1990 as a publisher of children's nonfiction books. From 2007 Capstone Press has become the principal imprint of the Capstone Publishers group of Mankato, Minnesota - which also includes Compass Point Books, Picture Window Books, Stone Arch Books, Children's Library Resources and Red Brick Learning. See www.capstonepub.com.2008
Capstone Publishing LtdCapstone Publishing Ltd was founded in Oxford, UK, as a publisher of professional business and management books. The firm has no connection with Capstone Publishers of Mankato, Minnesota. In 2001 Capstone Publishing Ltd was acquired by Wiley. See www.wiley.com.2008
Cardal Publishing Co.Cardal Publishing Co. was a publisher of popular fiction in the post-war period. According to Steve Holland, cash flow problems caused by obscenity fines forced the firm out of business before the end of the 1940s. See Steve Holland: 'The mushroom jungle: a history of postwar paperback publishing' (1993), pp. 53-54.2008
Carey Kingsgate Press LtdThe Carey Kingsgate Press was formed by a merger of the Carey Press of the Baptist Missionary Society and the Kingsgate Press of the Baptist Union in about 1947. The imprint ceased to be used from the end of the 1960s and both the Baptist Missionary Society (now BMS World Mission) and the Baptist Union have since then published under their own names. See www.bmsworldmission.org and www.baptist.org.uk.2008
Carey PressThe Carey Kingsgate Press was formed by a merger of the Carey Press of the Baptist Missionary Society (now BMS World Mission) and the Kingsgate Press of the Baptist Union in about 1947. See the FOB entry for Carey Kingsgate Press Ltd and www.bmsworldmission.org.2008
CarfaxCarfax was founded in 1972, and subsequently became part of the Routledge Group. The Routledge Group was purchased by the Taylor & Francis Group in 1998. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com and www.routledge.com.2006
Casablanca PressCasablanca Press was founded as a relationship and romance self-help publisher. In 1996 the firm was acquired by Sourcebooks and it now operates as Sourcebooks Casablanca. See www.sourcebooks.com.2008
CassellThe firm of Cassell was founded by John Cassell in 1848. See Simon Nowell-Smith: 'The house of Cassell, 1848-1958'. Cassell was purchased by Hachette in 1998, and became part of Orion Books. Following subsequent sales and reorganisations, Cassell Reference is published by Orion Books; Cassell Illustrated is part of the Octopus Group (also owned by Hachette); and Cassell Academic is part of the Continuum Group. See www.orionbooks.co.uk; www.octopus-publishing.co.uk; www.continuumbooks.com; and www.hachette.com.2008
Cellulose du PinThe French paper and packaging firm of Cellulose du Pin was acquired by Jefferson Smurfit in 1994, and is now part of the Smurfit Kappa Group. See www.smurfitkappa.com.2007
Centaur PressThe publishing firm of Centaur Press was founded by Jon Wynne-Tyson in 1954. In 1998 Wynne-Tyson retired and sold the firm to Open Gate Press. See www.opengatepress.co.uk.2007

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