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Barse and Hopkins	The publishing firm of Barse and Hopkins was founded in New York in 1909 by William J. Barse and John H. Hopkins. In 1928 Hopkins left the firm to become a literary agent and it continued as Barse and Company. Barse and Company went bankrupt in 1932 and its stock was acquired by Grosset & Dunlap. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 42-44, and see the FOB entry for Grosset & Dunlap, which indicates that the firm is now part of the US Penguin group (us.penguingroup.com).	2008
Bay Books	The Australian firm of Bay Books is owned by News Corporation. See www.newscorp.com.	2007
Beacon Press	There have been several printing and publishing firms called Beacon Press. The American Unitarian Association began publishing in its own name in 1854 and began using the name Beacon Press in 1902 (now under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association). See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 42 and www.beacon.org. For a British firm with this name see www.beaconpress.co.uk.	2009
Beadle and Adams	Beadle and Adams was a publishing house associated with the invention of the "dime novel". The firm had many names as predecessors and associated companies, including Beadle & Brother, E. F. Beadle, Beadle and Vanduzee and Victor Adams & Co. The partnership of Erastus Beadle, Irwin Beadle and Robert Adams began around 1856. In 1898 all the assets of the firm of Beadle and Adams (including the Dime Library) were acquired by M. J. Ivers and Company (q.v.). See the detailed website on the history of Beadle and Adams at www.ulib.niu.edu/badndp.	2009
Belford, Clarke and Company	The bookselling and publishing firm of Belford, Clarke and Company was founded in Chicago in 1875 by Alexander Belford and James Clarke. In 1892 the firm merged with several other publishing houses to form the Werner Company. Alexander Belford subsequently formed the firms of Belford, Middlebrook and Company and then Alexander Belford and Company. He ceased publishing around 1901 and died in 1906. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 47 and see the FOB entry for the Werner Company.	2009
Bell & Hyman Ltd	Bell & Hyman Ltd was formed in 1977 when the firm of George Bell & Sons Ltd was sold to Robin Hyman. In 1986 Bell & Hyman Ltd merged with George Allen & Unwin to form Unwin Hyman. In 1990 Unwin Hyman was sold to HarperCollins, part of News Corporation. See www.newscorp.com.	2008
Bergin & Garvey	The publishing firm of Bergin & Garvey was acquired by Greenwood Publishing Group in 1989. See the FOB entry for Greenwood Publishing Group, which indicates that from 2008 the firm is part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. See www.greenwood.com and www.hmhco.com. The use of the name Bergin & Garvey was discontinued from 2002, when Bergin & Garvey was absorbed into Praeger (q.v.).	2008
Bernard Geis Associates	Bernard Geis founded his own publishing house in New York in 1958. In the 1960s the firm published a number of controversial titles; many of its backers withdrew their support; and Random House discontinued its distribution of Geis Associates books. The following passage is taken from the obituary of Bernard Geis, New York Times, 10 January 2001: "In 1971, the company filed for bankruptcy protection. The company's books were subsequently published by a variety of other publishing houses under the Geis imprint. Its last book was published in 1995."	2008
Berwick & Smith	Berwick & Smith was one of the three firms which came together as Norwood Press from 1894. 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, Massachusetts].	2009
Biggar and Odhams	The printing firm of Biggar and Odhams was founded in 1847 by William Biggar and William Odhams. After Biggar's death, the firm was renamed William Odhams and then Odhams Limited. See the FOB entry for Odhams Limited.	2008

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