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Deutscher Bücherbund	Stuttgarter Hausbücherei was established in 1948 as a German national book club and the first significant firm controlled by Georg von Holtzbrinck. In the late 1950s the firm was renamed Deutscher Bücherbund. Deutscher Bücherbund remained the principal company within the Holtzbrink Group until the 1980s, but in 1989 it was sold to Kirch Group. The Kirch Group (KirchGruppe) became insolvent and went out of existence in 2002. Rights in Deutscher Bücherbund appear to have been acquired by the Bertelsmann Group, and www.buecherbund.de now diverts to www.derclub.de (the website of Der Club, owned by Bertelsmann).	2008
Diadem Books Limited	Diadem Books Limited was established in 1978 by Ken Vickers and Ken Wilson. The firm was purchased by Hodder & Stoughton in 1989, and the Diadem imprint ceased to be used around 1993. Since that time the firm of Bâton Wicks, set up by Ken Wilson, has bought back a number of Diadem titles. See the FOB entry for Hodder & Stoughton; www.hodderheadline.co.uk; and www.batonwicks.com.	2008
Diehl, Landau and Pettit	Diehl, Landau and Pettit was founded in 1929 as the successor firm to R. F. Fenno and Company. The firm subsequently became the Landau Book Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 161, which names Louis Landau as the President of the firm in 1986.	2009
Dime Library	The Dime Library was created by Beadle and Adams around 1859. At various times it was known as Dime Novels, Beadle's Dime Novels, Beadle's Dime Books and Beadle's Dime Publications. The assets of Beadle and Adams (including the Dime Library) were acquired by M. J. Ivers and Company in 1898. See the FOB entries for Beadle and Adams and M. J. Ivers and Company.	2009
Dobson Banjo Music	The publishing list of Dobson Banjo Music was purchased by M. Witmark & Sons around 1890. 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
Dragonfly Books	Dragonfly Books is a long-established imprint of Alfred A. Knopf. See the FOB entry for Knopf, which indicates that the firm was purchased by Random House in 1960. Random House is now owned by Bertelsmann. See www.randomhouse.com/knopf and www.bertelsmann.com. There have been several small unconnected publishing firms called Dragonfly Books. See e.g. www.dragonflybooks.co.uk and www.dragonflybooks.net.	2008
Drexel Biddle	The publishing firm of Drexel Biddle and Bradley was founded in Philadelphia in 1895 by Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle and Alexander Bradley. From 1897 the firm became known as Drexel Biddle. In 1904 the firm was purchased by R. F. Fenno and Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 51-52 and see the FOB entry for R. F. Fenno and Company.	2009
E. E. Barclay and Company	The publishing firm of E. E. Barclay and Company was founded in 1840 in New York. The firm subsequently moved to Cincinnati and then to Philadelphia, and went out of business in 1891. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 39.	2009
E. Fleming & Co.	E. Fleming & Co. (later C. B. Fleming & Co.) 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].	2009
Edward Dunigan and Brother	The publishing firm of Edward Dunigan and Brother was founded in New York around 1840 by Edward Dunigan and James P. Kirker. Dunigan died in 1853 and the firm went out of existence on the death of Kirker in 1868. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 146.	2009

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