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Walter H. Baker Company	George M. Baker purchased the play division of Herbert Sweet and Company (q.v.) in 1872 and renamed the firm George M. Baker and Company. The firm was managed by Baker's brother Walter H. Baker, and was renamed the Walter H. Baker Company in 1892. The firm now trades as Baker's Plays. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 35-37, and see www.bakersplays.com.	2009
Warner Books	Warner Books was established by Time Warner as part of the Time Warner Book Group. Time Warner Book Group was purchased by Hachette Livre in 2006, and Warner Books was renamed Grand Central Publishing. See www.hachettebookgroupusa.com.	2008
Wee Books for Wee Folks	The children's publishing house called Wee Books for Wee Folks was purchased by Platt and Munk from the Henry Altemus Company in 1926. Platt and Munk was acquired by Grosset & Dunlap in 1977. In 1982 Grosset & Dunlap was purchased by G. P. Putnam's Sons (of the Putnam Berkley Group). Putnam Berkley was bought by Penguin in 1997, and is part of the Pearson Group. See www.pearson.com; the company history pages of us.penguingroup.com; and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 289.	2008
Werner Company	The Werner Company was founded in Chicago in 1892 by Paul E. Werner. In 1897 the firm moved to Akron, Ohio. In 1900 the publishing arm of the company was purchased by its sales manager, Arthur J. Saalfield, who established the Saalfield Publishing Company. In 1902 the Werner School-Book Company was purchased by the American Book Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 480; the FOB entry for Saalfield Publishing Company; and www.americanbookcompany.com.	2009
Wm. C. Brown Publishers	Wm. C. Brown Publishers was founded by William C. Brown. The firm became part of McGraw-Hill Education in 1996, and Brown is commemorated by the William C. Brown/James H. McGraw Greater Dubuque College Scholarship Competition. See www.mcgraw-hill.com.	2008
World Book Company	World Book Company was a publisher of educational materials. In 1960 the firm was acquired by Harcourt, Brace & Company, which briefly changed its name to Harcourt, Brace & World. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 390, and see the FOB entry for Harcourt, Brace & Company, which traces the firm to the formation of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2008.	2008
Wrightbooks Pty Ltd	Wrightbooks Pty Ltd was founded by the Australian publisher Geoff Wright in 1991. In 2001 the firm was purchased by Wiley Australia. See www.johnwiley.com.au.	2008
Zebra Books	The Zebra Books imprint was acquired by Kensington Publishing Corporation in 1975, having previously belonged to Grove Press and to Pinnacle Books. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 392, and www.kensingtonbooks.com.	2008

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