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Ernst & SohnThe German publishing firm Ernst & Sohn is now part of the VCH group, which in turn is part of Wiley. See www.wiley-vch.de. 2008
Esquire, Inc.The firm of Esquire, Inc. was purchased by Simon & Schuster in 1984. By that time Esquire, Inc. was a major publisher of textbooks but no longer owned 'Esquire' magazine. See www.simonsays.com.2008
Eugene Ascherberg & Co.The firm of Eugene Ascherberg & Co. was founded in 1878. In 1906 it was merged with Hopwood & Crew to form Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew. See the FOB entry for Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, which indicates that any surving rights will belong to Warner Chappell Music. See www.warnerchappell.co.uk.2007
EurolexThe Eurolex system was purchased by Butterworths Telepublishing from International Thomson Organisation in 1985. Butterworths is now a division of Reed Elsevier, also trading as LexisNexis Butterworths. See www.butterworths.com.2007
Europa Publications LtdEuropa Publications Ltd was purchased by Taylor & Francis in 1999 and Europa is now a Routledge Reference imprint within the Taylor & Francis Group. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com.2006
Evans and ArrowsmithThe publishing firm of Evans and Arrowsmith was, from 1854, a predecessor firm of J. W. Arrowsmith, with J. W. Arrowsmith's father Isaac as one of the partners. See the FOB entry for J. W. Arrowsmith.2008
Evans Brothers (Nigeria Publishers) LtdThe publishing firm of Evans Brothers (Nigeria Publishers) Ltd was established as a Nigerian company by Evans Brothers UK in 1966. The firm retains an association with the British Evans Publishing Group, but is now Nigerian-owned, under the auspices of the Otunba Adekunle Ojora. See www.evanspublishers.com.ng.2008
Everybody's BooksEverybody's Books 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
Everyman LibraryJ. M. Dent published the Everyman Library from 1906. Dent was purchased by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1988. Weidenfeld & Nicolson is now part of the Orion Group. See the Weidenfeld & Nicolson entry in FOB and www.orionbooks.co.uk. The names of Dent and Everyman are still used by Orion Books. In the USA Everyman's Library is now published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House. See www.randomhouse.com.2008
Excerpta MedicaExcerpta Medica was founded in 1946. In 1971 there was a merger of Excerpta Medica, Noord Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappij (known in the English-speaking world as North-Holland Publishing Company), and Elsevier NV, to form Associated Scientific Publishers. The principal company name was Elsevier. In 1993 Elsevier NV merged with Reed International plc to form Reed Elsevier. See www.reedelsevier.com.2008

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