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Effective Educational TechnologiesEffective Educational Technologies (EET) was a privately held company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In April 2006 the company was acquired by Pearson Education. See www.pearsoned.com.2008
EisendrahtThe firm of Eisendraht was purchased by Swets & Zeitlinger in 1918. Swets & Zeitlinger is now part of the Taylor & Francis Group. See the FOB entry for Swets & Zeitlinger and www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com.2006
El Corno EmplumadoEdited by Margaret Randall and Sergio Mondragón in Mexico City from 1962–1969, El Corno Emplumado (The Plumed Horn) was a bilingual quarterly that published key works by Latin and North American counterculture figures and was distributed worldwide. The journal closed in mid-1969 having published 31 issues and a dozen books. A collection of production materials as well as extensive correspondence with contributors (1962–1967) is housed at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. Additional materials are housed at the Fales Library, New York University.2025
Elkin Mathews and MarrotThe assets of the firm of Elkin Mathews and Marrot was purchased during World War II by Messrs George Allen & Unwin. See the FOB entry for George Allen & Unwin, which indicates that any surviving rights will now belong to HarperCollins.2008
Elm Tree BooksElm Tree was bought by Penguin UK in March 1985. Penguin UK is part of Pearson plc. See www.pearson.com. It is believed that the name "Elm Tree Books" has not been used since about 1990.2014
Elsevier NVThe Elsevier firm was founded in Rotterdam in 1880 by Jacobus George Robbers. It was named after a sixteenth-century firm of Dutch printers. In 1993 Elsevier NV merged with Reed International plc to form Reed Elsevier. See www.reedelsevier.com.2006
Elzevir Publishing CompanyElzevir Publishing Company was one of a number of companies founded by the bookseller and publisher John B. Alden. The firm began trading in 1893 and went out of existence in 1894, when its assets were assigned to Frank Tracy. See the FOB entry for John B. Alden and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 6. 2009
Embassy Books LtdEmbassy Books Ltd was a publishing firm based in Toronto. In 1944 the firm was acquired by the McGraw-Hill Book Company, and later incorporated into McGraw-Hill Ryerson. See www.mcgrawhill.ca.2008
EP Publishing LtdEP Publishing was purchased by A. & C. Black Publishers Ltd from Seymour Press in 1983. A. & C. Black is still trading under its own name (see www.acblack.com), but is owned by Bloomsbury Publishing. 2008
Ernest Benn LtdErnest Benn was purchased by A. & C. Black Publishers Ltd in 1984. A. & C. Black is still trading under its own name (see www.acblack.com), but is owned by Bloomsbury Publishing. 2008

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