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Grolier, Inc.	Grolier was founded in Boston in 1895 as the Grolier Society. See the account of the firm in Mary Lou Roberts & Paul D. Berger: 'Direct marketing management' (2nd ed., 1998). Grolier was purchased by Hachette in 1988. In 2000 most of the Grolier firm (but not its Franklin Watts and Orchard divisions) was acquired by Scholastic, Inc. See 'The Bookseller', 21 April 2000, and www.scholastic.com.	2008
Grosset & Dunlap	The firm of Grosset & Dunlap was founded in 1898. In 1982 the firm was purchased by G. P. Putnam's Sons (of the Putnam Berkley Group). Putnam Berkley was bought by Penguin in 1997, and is part of the Pearson Group. See www.pearson.com and the company history pages of us.penguingroup.com.	2008
Grossman Publishers	Grossman Publishers was founded in New York in 1962 by Richard L. Grossman. In 1968 the firm was acquired by Viking Press (see 'Publishers' Weekly', 16 September 1968). Grossman continued as a Viking imprint until 1984. See the FOB entry for Viking (now part of the Pearson Group) and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 167-168.	2008
Grove Press	Grove Press was founded in New York in 1951 by Barney J. Rosset Jr. In 1985 the firm was acquired by Ann Getty and George Weidenfield and became known first as Grove Weidenfeld (q.v.) and then as Grove Nicolson. In 1993 the firm was merged with Atlantic Monthly Press to form Grove/Atlantic Inc. See www.groveatlantic.com.	2008
Grove Weidenfeld	Grove Press was founded in New York in 1951 by Barney J. Rosset Jr. In 1985 the firm was acquired by Ann Getty and George Weidenfield and became known first as Grove Weidenfeld and then as Grove Nicolson. In 1993 the firm was merged with Atlantic Monthly Press to form Grove/Atlantic Inc. See www.groveatlantic.com.	2008
Gruner + Jahr	The Hamburg printing and publishing firm of Gruner + Jahr was acquired by Bertelsmann over the period 1969-1973. See www.bertelsmann.com.	2008
Gulf Publishing	The firm of Gulf Publishing was acquired by the Rowman & Littlefield Group in 2001 and now forms part of Taylor Trade Publishing. See www.rlpgtrade.com.	2008
Gulliver Books	Gulliver Books was established as a children's publishing imprint of the Harcourt, Brace & Company. See the FOB entry for Harcourt, Brace & Company, which was owned by Reed Elsevier from 1998 to 2007. The Gulliver Books imprint was discontinued by Harcourt Children's Books from 2005, but, from 2008, following the acquisition of Harcourt by Houghton Mifflin, the name of Gulliver has reappeared on Harcourt websites. See e.g. www.harcourtbooks.com.	2008
Harrap	The firm of Harrap was founded by George Harrap in 1901. In 1992 the firm was acquired by W. & R. Chambers (then owned by Group de la Cité), and the firm became known as Chambers Harrap. Chambers Harrap is now a Hachette Livre UK company. See www.chambersharrap.co.uk.	2007
Henry George Bohn	Henry George Bohn was a London-based book-dealer and publisher from the 1830s to the 1860s. In 1864 he sold his firm to Bell & Daldy, later George Bell & Sons Ltd. See the FOB entry for George Bell & Sons Ltd.	2006

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