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Collet's Holdings Ltd	Collet's Holdings Ltd ran bookshops and a publishing company in London which were closely associated with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. The firm operated from the 1940s to the 1990s, but after severe trading difficulties in 1991 and 1992 it went out of business in 1993.	2008
Collie Books	Collie Books was an imprint of Transworld Publishing in the 1970s. See the FOB entry for Transworld Publishing, which indicates that Transworld is now part of Bertelsmann's Random House Group. See www.booksattransworld.co.uk and www.bertelsmann.com.	2008
Collins & Brown	The publishing firm of Collins & Brown was founded in 1989. It became an imprint of Chrysalis Books, and since 2005 has been an imprint of Anova Books. See www.anovabooks.com.	2007
Commercial Bookbinding Company	Commercial Bookbinding Company was founded in Cleveland in 1905 by Alfred Cahen. In 1929 Cahen purchased a Bible-publishing firm called World Syndicate Company and merged the two firms into World Syndicate Publishing Company. In 1940 the firm was renamed World Publishing Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 386-390, and see the FOB entry for World Publishing Company, which indicates that the company name disappeared during the 1970s, when ownership of the firm was divided between Times-Mirror and William Collins.	2008
Contemporary Books	Contemporary Books was formed in 1977 as the successor firm to Henry Regnery Company (q.v.). Contemporary Books was acquired by the Tribune Company in 1993, and in 1996 became part of NTC/Contemporary. NTC/Contemporary was acquired by McGraw-Hill in 2000 as part of its purchase of Tribune Education. See www.mcgraw-hill.com.	2008
Cowles Book Company	Cowles Book Company was a trade and juvenile publishing house. In 1971 the firm was purchased by Henry Regnery Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 313, and see the FOB entry for Henry Regnery Company, which indicates that the successor firms now belong to McGraw-Hill (www.mcgraw-hill.com).	2008
Criterion Books, Inc.	Criterion Books, Inc. was a publishing firm founded in New York in 1953. In 1960 the firm was acquired by Abelard-Schuman, Inc. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 3, and see the FOB entry for Abelard-Schuman, Inc., which indicates that the firm is now in the ownership of the HarperCollins division of News Corporation.	2008
Crown Books	Crown Books (also known as the Crown Publishing Group and Crown Publishers) was founded as an imprint of the Outlet Book Company. See the FOB entry for Outlet Book Company, which indicates that in 1988 the firm was bought by Random House. Random House is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.randomhouse.com/crown and www.bertelsmann.com.	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
D. S. Brewer	The publishing firm of D. S. Brewer was founded by Derek and Elisabeth Brewer in 1972. In 1978 the firm merged with Boydell Press to form Boydell & Brewer Ltd. See the obituary of Professor Derek Brewer, The Times, 18 November 2008, and www.boydell.co.uk.	2008

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