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Grant Richards	Grant Richards founded his first publishing firm in 1897. Following bankruptcy proceedings, its assets were sold in 1905. Richards subsequently resumed publishing, but there were further bankruptcy proceedings in 1926, after which the firm (renamed Richards Press) passed out of Grant Richards' ownership. Richards Press was later bought first by Martin Secker, then by John Baker, and finally by A. & C. Black. See the FOB entry for A. & C. Black.	2008
Grasset	Bernard Grasset founded his publishing firm in Paris in 1907. In 1954 the firm was purchased by Hachette, although it retained editorial independence. In 1959 Grasset was merged with another recent Hachette acquisition, Fasquelle, to form Editions Grasset & Fasquelle, which is still based in Paris. See www.hachette.com and www.grasset.fr.	2006
Green Light Readers	Green Light Readers was established as a children's imprint of Harcourt, Brace & Company. See the FOB entry for Harcourt, Brace. From 2007 Green Light Readers is an imprint of Harcourt Children's Books, within Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. See www.hmhco.com and www.harcourtbooks.com.	2008
Greenberg Publisher	The firm of Greenberg Publisher was founded in New York in 1924 by Jacob W. Greenberg. In 1958 the firm was acquired by Chilton Publishing Company. See the FOB entry for Chilton Publishing Company, and see 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 164.	2008
Greenhaven Press	Greenhaven Press was founded in the 1970s as the publisher of Opposing Viewpoints. The firm was purchased in 2000 by the Thomson Gale division of the Thomson Corporation. See www.gale.com.	2006
Greenwillow Books	Greenwillow Books was founded in 1974 as an autonomous children's book division of William Morrow & Company. The founding editor was Susan Hirschman. See the FOB entry for William Morrow & Company, which indicates that in 1999 the firm was acquired by News Corporation and incorporated into HarperCollins. See www.newscorp.com and www.harpercollins.com. Greenwillow continues to be used as an imprint by HarperCollins.	2008
Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.	Greenwood Press was founded as an academic and educational publisher in 1967. The firm was acquired in 1969 by Williamhouse-Regency, then by Congressional Information Service and then by Elsevier (later Reed Elsevier). In 1996 the Greenwood Publishing Group merged with Heinemann Publishing to create Greenwood-Heinemann, which later became part of Harcourt Education. See the entries in FOB for all the firms bearing the name of Heinemann. Greenwood Publishing Group (including Heinemann USA) later became part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and then ABC-CLIO. See www.abc-clio.com/greenwood-authors.	2020
Greenwood-Heinemann	Greenwood Press was founded as an academic and educational publisher in 1967. The firm was acquired in 1969 by Williamhouse-Regency, then by Congressional Information Service and then by Elsevier (later Reed Elsevier). In 1996 the Greenwood Publishing Group merged with Heinemann Publishing to create Greenwood-Heinemann, which later became part of Harcourt Education. See the entries in FOB for all the firms bearing the name of Heinemann. From 2008, the Greenwood Publishing Group (including Heinemann USA) is part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. See www.greenwood.com and www.hmhco.com.	2008
Gregg Publishing Company	John Robert Gregg (1867-1948) invented his own shorthand system and published books about it. Gregg Publishing Company was formed for this purpose, in Chicago. In 1948 the firm was acquired by the McGraw-Hill Book Company. See www.mcgraw-hill.com. There have been several other small firms called Gregg Publishing, including one based in Haywards Heath, UK.	2008
Grenville Press	Grenville Press was the original name of Scolar Press. See the FOB entry for Scolar Press.	2007

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