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Cherry Tree Books	The British educational publishing firm of Cherry Tree Books was purchased by the Evans Publishing Group from Chivers in 2000. See 'The Bookseller', 28 January 2000, and www.evansbooks.co.uk. There is also a small independent publisher based in Weybridge, Vermont, called Cherry Tree Books (www.cherrytreebooks.net).	2008
Conran Octopus	Conran Octopus was founded in the 1980s and was originally known as Octopus Conran. It formed part of the Octopus Publishing Group, founded by Paul Hamlyn. The Octopus Group was purchased by Hachette in 2001. See www.hachette.com and www.octopus-publishing.co.uk.	2008
D. F. Robinson and Company	The firm of D. F. Robinson and Company was founded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1828, and is the original predecessor firm of Baker and Taylor. The name of Baker and Taylor was adopted in 1885, and between 1828 and 1885 the firm had many names, including Robinson, Pratt and Company; Pratt, Woodford and Company; Farmer, Brace and Company; Blakeman and Mason; Oakley and Mason; Mason, Baker and Pratt; and Baker, Pratt and Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 34-35 and see the Our History page of www.btol.com.	2009
Drawbook Series	The Drawbook Series was purchased by A. & C. Black from Pitman in 1981. See the FOB entry for A. & C. Black and www.acblack.com.	2009
Editorial Aranzadi	Aranzadi is a Spanish legal publishing firm, founded in 1929. The firm is now part of the Thomson Corporation, and is often known as Thomson-Aranzadi. See www.aranzadi.es and www.thomson.com.	2007
Effective Educational Technologies	Effective Educational Technologies (EET) was a privately held company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In April 2006 the company was acquired by Pearson Education. See www.pearsoned.com.	2008
El Corno Emplumado	Edited by Margaret Randall and Sergio Mondragón in Mexico City from 1962–1969, El Corno Emplumado (The Plumed Horn) was a bilingual quarterly that published key works by Latin and North American counterculture figures and was distributed worldwide. The journal closed in mid-1969 having published 31 issues and a dozen books. A collection of production materials as well as extensive correspondence with contributors (1962–1967) is housed at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. Additional materials are housed at the Fales Library, New York University.	2025
Elm Tree Books	Elm Tree was bought by Penguin UK in March 1985. Penguin UK is part of Pearson plc. See www.pearson.com. It is believed that the name "Elm Tree Books" has not been used since about 1990.	2014
Financial Times	The Financial Times was founded in 1888. The title was purchased by Pearson in 1957, and remains part of the Pearson Group. See www.pearson.com and www.ft.com.	2007
Frank Tousey	The publishing firm of Tousey and Small was founded in New York in 1876 by Frank Tousey and George G. Small. In 1879 Tousey purchased Small's share in the business and began to trade as Frank Tousey. Tousey died in 1902. In 1920 the firm was purchased by Street and Smith. It continued to publish until 1929, when the Frank Tousey name ceased to be used. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 468-470 and see the FOB entry for Street and Smith.	2009

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