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Evans Brothers (Nigeria Publishers) Ltd

The publishing firm of Evans Brothers (Nigeria Publishers) Ltd was established as a Nigerian company by Evans Brothers UK in 1966. The firm retains an association with the British Evans Publishing Group, but is now Nigerian-owned, under the auspices of the Otunba Adekunle Ojora. See www.evanspublishers.com.ng.

2008

Evans and Arrowsmith

The publishing firm of Evans and Arrowsmith was, from 1854, a predecessor firm of J. W. Arrowsmith, with J. W. Arrowsmith's father Isaac as one of the partners. See the FOB entry for J. W. Arrowsmith.

2008

Europa Publications Ltd

Europa Publications Ltd was purchased by Taylor & Francis in 1999 and Europa is now a Routledge Reference imprint within the Taylor & Francis Group. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com.

2006

Eurolex

The Eurolex system was purchased by Butterworths Telepublishing from International Thomson Organisation in 1985. Butterworths is now a division of Reed Elsevier, also trading as LexisNexis Butterworths. See www.butterworths.com.

2007

Eugene Ascherberg & Co.

The firm of Eugene Ascherberg & Co. was founded in 1878. In 1906 it was merged with Hopwood & Crew to form Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew. See the FOB entry for Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, which indicates that any surving rights will belong to Warner Chappell Music. See www.warnerchappell.co.uk.

2007

Esquire, Inc.

The firm of Esquire, Inc. was purchased by Simon & Schuster in 1984. By that time Esquire, Inc. was a major publisher of textbooks but no longer owned 'Esquire' magazine. See www.simonsays.com.

2008

Ernst & Sohn

The German publishing firm Ernst & Sohn is now part of the VCH group, which in turn is part of Wiley. See www.wiley-vch.de.

2008

Ernest Benn Ltd

Ernest Benn was purchased by A. & C. Black Publishers Ltd in 1984. A. & C. Black is still trading under its own name (see www.acblack.com), but is owned by Bloomsbury Publishing.

2008

EP Publishing Ltd

EP Publishing was purchased by A. & C. Black Publishers Ltd from Seymour Press in 1983. A. & C. Black is still trading under its own name (see www.acblack.com), but is owned by Bloomsbury Publishing.

2008

Embassy Books Ltd

Embassy Books Ltd was a publishing firm based in Toronto. In 1944 the firm was acquired by the McGraw-Hill Book Company, and later incorporated into McGraw-Hill Ryerson. See www.mcgrawhill.ca.

2008

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Everybody's BooksEverybody's Books was a publisher of popular fiction in the post-war period. According to Steve Holland, the firm went out of business in 1948. See Steve Holland: 'The mushroom jungle: a history of postwar paperback publishing' (1993), p. 19.2008
Everyman LibraryJ. M. Dent published the Everyman Library from 1906. Dent was purchased by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1988. Weidenfeld & Nicolson is now part of the Orion Group. See the Weidenfeld & Nicolson entry in FOB and www.orionbooks.co.uk. The names of Dent and Everyman are still used by Orion Books. In the USA Everyman's Library is now published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House. See www.randomhouse.com.2008
Excerpta MedicaExcerpta Medica was founded in 1946. In 1971 there was a merger of Excerpta Medica, Noord Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappij (known in the English-speaking world as North-Holland Publishing Company), and Elsevier NV, to form Associated Scientific Publishers. The principal company name was Elsevier. In 1993 Elsevier NV merged with Reed International plc to form Reed Elsevier. See www.reedelsevier.com.2008
Eyre & SpottiswoodeThe firm of Eyre & Spottiswoode was founded in 1770. In 1989 the firm was purchased by Cambridge University Press from the Octopus Group. See www.cambridge.org.2006
F. J. Schulte and CompanyFrancis J. Schulte founded his publishing firm in Chicago in 1889. The firm went out of existence around 1900. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 411. 2009
F. M. Lupton Publishing CompanyFrank Moore Lupton founded his publishing firm in New York around 1882. The firm was renamed the Federal Book Company in 1902 and went out of business about two years later. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 288.2014
F. S. Crofts CompanyF. S. Crofts Company was a publishing firm founded in 1924. In 1948 the firm merged with Appleton-Century and became Appleton-Century-Crofts. See the FOB entry for Appleton-Century-Crofts, which indicates that part of the firm has passed into the ownership of Pearson and part into the ownership of the Academic Learning Company.2008
F. W. DodgeThe firm of F. W. Dodge was founded as a provider of information and analysis for construction specialists. In 1961 the firm was acquired by McGraw-Hill. See www.mcgraw-hill.com and www.fwdodge.com.2008
Faber & Faber, Inc.Faber & Faber, Inc., also known as Faber & Faber (USA), is a completely separate company from its original British parent Faber & Faber Ltd. Faber & Faber, Inc. was purchased by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 1998 and is now part of the Macmillan division of Holtzbrinck. See us.macmillan.com. For the independent British company see www.faber.co.uk.2008
Facts on File, Inc.Facts on File is a publisher of reference and educational material. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Infobase Publishing. See www.infobasepublishing.com. 2008