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CDG Books Canada	The firm of CDG Books Canada published the 'For Dummies' series and other educational works in Canada. In 2001-02, as part of the acquisition of Hungry Minds by Wiley, CDG Books Canada was acquired by John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd and Gage Learning Corporation. Wiley was unable to purchase the whole firm because of Canadian regulatory laws, but became the publisher of 'For Dummies' in Canada. CDG Books Canada was closed down in 2002. See ca.wiley.com.	2008
Cellulose du Pin	The French paper and packaging firm of Cellulose du Pin was acquired by Jefferson Smurfit in 1994, and is now part of the Smurfit Kappa Group. See www.smurfitkappa.com.	2007
Charles T. Dillingham Company	Charles T. Dillingham founded his publishing company in New York in 1875. In 1891 the firm was in financial difficulty but was re-formed as Charles T. Dillingham and Company. In 1896 all the firm's assets were purchased by Baker and Taylor. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 122-124 and see the Our History page of www.btol.com.	2009
Copeland and Day	The publishing firm of Copeland and Day was founded in Boston around 1892 by Herbert Copeland and Frederick Holland Day. The firm went out of business in 1899 and its titles still in print were sold off, mostly to Small, Maynard and Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 104-106 and see the FOB entry for Small, Maynard and Company.	2009
D. and J. Sadleir and Company	The publishing firm of D. and J. Sadleir and Company was founded in New York in 1837 by the brothers Denis and James Sadleir. In 1895 the rights and plates of many of the firm's most important books were sold to P. J. Kenedy and in 1912 Kenedy purchased the rest of the firm's assets. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 409 and see the FOB entry for P. J. Kenedy and Sons.	2009
D. Appleton & Company	Daniel Appleton founded his firm as an importer of books around 1813 and published his first book in Boston in 1831. In 1933 the firm merged with The Century Company to form Appleton-Century and in 1948, after a further merger with F. S. Crofts Company, became Appleton-Century-Crofts. See the FOB entry for Appleton-Century-Crofts, which indicates that part of the firm has passed into the ownership of Pearson Education and part into the ownership of the Academic Learning Company.	2009
D. C. Heath and Company	The educational and academic publishing firm of D. C. Heath and Company, based in Lexington, Massachusetts, was acquired by the Houghton Mifflin Company in 1995. See www.hmco.com.	2006
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
Da Capo Press	Da Capo Press was founded in New York in the early 1960s, originally as a publisher of books on music. In 1999 the firm was acquired by the Perseus Books Group. See www.perseusbooks.com.	2008

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