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New Century PublishingNew Century Publishing was a division of Appleton-Century-Crofts after its purchase by Meredith Publishing Company in 1960. The principal parts of the firm were later sold by Meredith. See the FOB entry for Appleton-Century-Crofts. The New Century division was sold in 1974 to Charles Walther. New Century Publishing was then purchased in 1990 by Frank Gil, who changed its name to New Win Publishing. New Win Publishing was purchased by the Academic Learning Company in 2003. See www.academiclearningcompany.com.2008
New York Publishing CompanyNew York Publishing Company appears to have come into existence and gone out of existence in the 1890s. Publications in 1895 are recorded at sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/lucile.2009
New York Variety Publishing CompanyThe publishing list of the New York Variety Publishing Company was purchased by M. Witmark & Sons in 1886. See the FOB entry for M. Witmark & Sons, which indicates that the firm is now part of Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. See the history pages of www.warnerchappell.com. 2008
Newton Falls Paper CompanyNewton Falls Paper Company was an early acquisition of the McGraw-Hill Book Company in 1920. See www.mcgraw-hill.com.2008
Nicholas TrübnerNicholas Trübner formed his publishing company in 1851. The company was merged with Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. in 1889 to form Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. In 1912 Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. merged with George Routledge & Sons to form Routledge & Kegan Paul. The Routledge Group was purchased by the Taylor & Francis Group in 1998. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com.2008
North-Holland Publishing CompanyIn 1971 there was a merger of Noord Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappij (known in the English-speaking world as North-Holland Publishing Company), Elsevier NV and Excerpta Medica, 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.2006
Norwood PressNorwood Press was formed in 1894 and constituted an alliance between three independent firms in Norwood, Massachusetts: J. S. Cushing & Co., Berwick & Smith and E. Fleming & Co. After World War II, production declined and Norwood Press and its constituent companies had all closed by 1953 [information from the records of the Norwood Historical Society].2009
Nottingham Group plcIn 1997 Nottingham Group plc and the firm of Philip Harris merged to form a new company called Novara. In 2001 Novara was purchased by Findel plc. See www.findel-education.co.uk.2008
Odyssey ClassicsOdyssey Classics was established as a children's imprint of Harcourt, Brace & Company. See the FOB entry for Harcourt, Brace. From 2007 Odyssey Classics is an imprint of Harcourt Children's Books, within Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. See www.hmhco.com and www.harcourtbooks.com.2008
Ordinate CorporationThe Ordinate Corporation was founded in Menlo Park, California, specializing in automated language proficiency assessments. In 2004 the Ordinate Corporation was acquired by the Harcourt Assessment division of Reed Elsevier. Harcourt Assessment was purchased by Pearson in 2008. See www.harcourtassessment.com and pearsonassess.com.2008

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