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Heinemann Educational Books Ltd	Heinemann Educational Books Ltd (HEB) was created in 1961 from the educational department of William Heinemann Ltd, and established as a separate company with many overseas offices. See the FOB entry for William Heinemann Ltd for the sales of the company during the 1980s and 1990s. Unlike William Heinemann Ltd, however, Heinemann Educational remained part of the Reed Elsevier group, as an imprint of Harcourt Education International. Harcourt Education International (including the African Writers Series) was sold by Reed Elsevier in 2007 to Pearson. See www.pearson.com and www.heinemann.co.uk.	2008
Heinemann Young Books	See the FOB entry for William Heinemann Ltd for the early history of the firm. Shortly after the purchase of William Heinemann Ltd by Random House from Reed Elsevier in 1997, the former Reed children's publishing imprints (including Heinemann Young Books, Methuen Children's Books and Mammoth) were sold to Egmont. See www.egmont.co.uk.	2008
Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley	The firm of Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley existed from 1829 to 1832. In 1832 Richard Bentley founded his own firm, which was eventually taken over by Macmillan in 1898. See the FOB entries for Richard Bentley & Son and for Macmillan.	2008
Henry George Bohn	Henry George Bohn was a London-based book-dealer and publisher from the 1830s to the 1860s. In 1864 he sold his firm to Bell & Daldy, later George Bell & Sons Ltd. See the FOB entry for George Bell & Sons Ltd.	2006
High Hill Press	High Hill Press was the personal publishing company of Ian Norrie. The firm was founded as High Hill Books in 1960, and developed in association with the High Hill Bookshop in Hampstead, London. The High Hill Bookshop was closed in 1988. See Hazel Bell: 'Personalities in publishing: Ian Norrie', Journal of scholarly publishing (October 2000).	2008
Hilary Book Co.	Hilary Book Co. was a publisher of popular fiction in the post-war period. According to Steve Holland, the firm went out of business in 1948. See Steve Holland: 'The mushroom jungle: a history of postwar paperback publishing' (1993), p. 19.	2008
Howard Books	Howard Books was founded as a Christian publishing house in 1969. In 2006 the firm was acquired by Simon & Schuster. See www.simonsays.com.	2008
Hulton Picture Library	The Hulton Picture Library was founded in 1947 as an adjunct to 'Picture Post' magazine. See the FOB entry for 'Picture Post'. The picture library was sold in 1958 to the BBC, and became known as the BBC Hulton Picture Library. In 1988 it was sold to Mr Brian Deutsch, and in 1996 was sold on to the Getty Communications Group (now Getty Images). See gettyimages.com.	2007
IBC Business Publishing	IBC Business Publishing is now part of the T&F Informa Group. See www.ibcbuspub.co.uk and www.informa.com.	2006
IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.	IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. was the publishing arm of International Data Group. After briefly being renamed IDG Books / Hungry Minds, the firm was sold to Wiley in 2001. See www.wiley.com.	2008

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