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Blackie & Son	The firm of Blackie & Son was founded by John Blackie in 1807. Most surviving Blackie rights now belong to the Pearson Group. The following quotation is taken from the pamphlet 'The firm of Blackie & Son and some of their children's books' by Morna Daniels (1999). "In 1991 the academic titles went to Blackie Academic and Professional and the school titles were acquired by Nelson and Sons, who published them under the imprint Nelson Blackie until 1995 after which they dropped the name Blackie. The children's titles were acquired by Blackie Children's Books, part of the Penguin group at 27 Wrights Lane (owned by Pearsons) but the separate imprint disappeared after 1995 and the same authors appear under the Puffin imprint. Blackie sold the Flower Fairies list to Warne, another Pearson acquisition, in 1989."	2008
Blades East and Blades	The printing firm of Blades East and Blades was purchased by McCorquodale in 1927. See the FOB entry for McCorquodale.	2014
Blakeman and Mason	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
Blond & Briggs Ltd	Anthony Blond Ltd became known as Blond & Briggs Ltd from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s (directors: Anthony Blond and Desmond Briggs). The firm then merged with Frederick Muller Ltd to form Muller, Blond & White Ltd. Muller, Blond & White Ltd was purchased by Century Hutchinson in 1987, and is now part of Random House UK, which is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.bertelsmann.com and www.randomhouse.co.uk.	2009
Boni and Gaer	Charles Boni left the publishing firm of Albert and Charles Boni (q.v.) in 1930 to set up the Living American Art Company. In 1946 he returned to publishing and founded the firm of Boni and Gaer in partnership with Joseph Gaer. The firm, however, was short-lived and went out of business when Boni left in 1948. Charles Boni died in 1969. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 54-57.	2013
Boni and Liveright	The publishing firm of Boni and Liveright was founded in New York in 1917 by Albert Boni and Horace Liveright. In 1918 business differences between the founders led to a split and (on the flip of a coin) sole ownership of the firm passed to Liveright. In 1928 the name of the firm was changed to Horace Liveright, Inc., and in 1933 it became the Liveright Publishing Corporation. The Liveright Publishing Corporation was acquired by W. W. Norton in 1974. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 57-63 and www.wwnorton.com.	2008
Book League of America	The Book League of America was founded in New York in 1928 by Samuel Craig. In 1932 the firm was acquired by the Literary Guild. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 63, and see www.literaryguild.com.	2008
Bookmark	Bookmark was a magazine published by J. M. Dent from 1925 to 1932. In 1932 the title was sold to Sir Robert Donald, and from 1935 to 1938 Dent published a house journal called 'Bookmark and Everyman'. See the FOB entry for J. M. Dent.	2008
Bosworth & Co. Ltd	Bosworth & Co. is a long-established music publisher. The firm is now part of Music Sales Ltd. See www.musicsales.com.	2007
Bowes and Bowes Publishers Ltd	Bowes and Bowes Publishers (as opposed to the bookshop of the same name) was part of G. P. Putnam until 1962, when Putnams was purchased by the Bodley Head. The Bodley Head was sold to Random House in 1987. Random House was purchased by Bertelsmann AG in 1998 and now functions as a "corporate division" of Bertelsmann. See www.bertelsmann.com.	2008

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