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Tower Books	Tower Books was an imprint of the World Publishing Company (q.v.). The imprint was introduced in 1939, mainly for books on self-help, hobbies and popular psychology. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 386-390, and see the FOB entry for World Publishing Company, which indicates that the company name disappeared during the 1970s, when ownership of the firm was divided between Times-Mirror and William Collins.	2008
Tower Publications	Tower Publications (also known as Tower Books, but not to be confused with the imprint of the World Publishing Company) was founded in New York in 1960. In 1969 Tower Publications purchased Belmont Books. The imprints at first continued separately but from 1973 they were merged as Belmont-Tower Books. The firm went bankrupt in the early 1980s and its assets were sold at a bankruptcy sale in August 1982. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 361.	2008
Transworld Publishing	The firm of Transworld Publishing was the London publisher of imprints including Corgi and Bantam from the 1950s to the 1990s. From the late 1970s parts of the firm began to be acquired by Bertelsmann, and Transworld is now part of Bertelsmann's Random House Group. See www.booksattransworld.co.uk and www.bertelsmann.com.	2008
Tribune Education	The educational publishing firm of Tribune Education was purchased by McGraw-Hill in 2000. See www.mcgraw-hill.com.	2008
Triumph Books	The firm of Triumph Books was founded in Chicago in 1989, initially as a specialist sports publisher. In 2006 the firm was acquired by Random House, which is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.triumphbooks.com and www.bertelsmann.com.	2008
Tundra Books	Tundra was a children's book publisher founded by May Cutler and based in Montreal. In 1995 the firm was purchased by McClelland & Stewart. See www.mcclelland.com.	2008
Turpin Distribution Services	Turpin Distribution Services was a book distribution firm closely associated with the Royal Society of Chemistry and other learned societies. In March 2000 Turpin Distribution Services was acquired by Swets & Zeitlinger. See Hazel Bell: 'Personalities in publishing: Gervase Muller', Journal of scholarly publishing (April 2002). See also the FOB entry for Swets & Zeitlinger.	2008
Tycooly Publishing	Tycooly was purchased by Cassell in 1986. Cassell was purchased by Hachette in 1998, and subsequently divided. See the FOB entry for Cassell. It is not believed that the name "Tycooly" has been used since about 1990.	2008
Tyne Publishing Company	Tyne Publishing Company was the predecessor company of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne firm of Walter Scott, which took over all its assets in 1882. See the FOB entry for Walter Scott Publishing Co. Ltd.	2008
Universal-Tandem	The US publishing house of Universal-Tandem was purchased by the British firm of Howard & Wyndham in the mid-1970s. Its titles then appeared under the imprints of Wyndham Publications and W. H. Allen. See the FOB entries for Wyndham and W. H. Allen, which indicate that the firm is now owned by Virgin Books. See www.virginbooks.com.	2008

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