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Diana Verlag	Diana Verlag was founded by the Menzel family in Zürich in 1947. After the death of Dr Siegfried Menzel in 1978, the firm passed through several ownerships before being bought by Heyne Verlag in 1996. See the FOB entry for Heyne Verlag. Like Heyne Verlag, Diana Verlag is now part of Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH. Random House is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.randomhouse.de/diana and www.bertelsmann.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
Dinosaur Publications	The firm of Dinosaur Publications was purchased by William Collins in 1984. See the FOB entry for William Collins, which indicates that rights will now be owned by the HarperCollins division of News Corporation. See www.newscorp.com.	2008
Dix, Edwards and Company	The publishing firm of Dix, Edwards and Company was founded in New York in 1854 by Augustus J. Dix and Arthur T. Edwards. The firm went out of business in 1857. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 125.	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
Dodd, Mead and Company	The predecessor firm of Dodd, Mead and Company was Taylor and Dodd (q.v.). From the 1870s the firm was run by Edward S. Mead and adopted the name of Dodd, Mead and Company. The following quotation is from the catalogue of the archives of Dodd, Mead and Company in the University of Delaware Library: "The business operations of Dodd, Mead and Company were suspended in March 1989 pending the outcome of arbitration with its fulfillment house, Metro Services Inc. By the end of 1990 the company ceased publications."	2009
Dominie Press	Dominie Press was an independently-owned publishing company based in Carlsbad, California. In 2004 the company was acquired by Pearson Education. See www.pearsoned.com.	2008
Dorling Kindersley	Dorling Kindersley (www.dk.com) was founded in 1974 by Peter Kindersley and Christopher Dorling. The company was purchased by Penguin UK in 2000. Penguin UK is part of Pearson plc. See www.pearson.com.	2009
Doubleday & Company	In 1897 Frank Nelson Doubleday and Samuel McClure founded the publishing house of Doubleday & McClure. From 1900 the firm became Doubleday, Page & Company. In 1927 Doubleday merged with the George H. Doran Company and became Doubleday, Doran. The firm was renamed Doubleday & Company in 1946. Doubleday & Company was purchased by Bertelsmann in 1986, and is now a division of Random House. See www.randomhouse.com/doubleday and www.bertelsmann.com.	2009

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