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P. J. Kenedy and Sons	The publishing firm of P. J. Kenedy was founded in New York in 1866 as the successor firm to John Kenedy and Son (q.v.), on the death of John Kenedy. The firm was initially in the sole ownership of Patrick John Kenedy. His sons Arthur and Lewis Kenedy became directors of the firm in 1904 and it was renamed P. J. Kenedy and Sons. P. J. Kenedy died in 1906. In 1969 the firm was acquired by Macmillan Inc. of New York and the use of its name came to an end around 1982. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 237-239, and see the FOB entry for Macmillan Inc.	2009
PJB Publications	PJB Publications was established by Dr Philip Brown in 1976, when he bought the magazine Scrip. PJB Publications was sold in 2003 and is now a trading division of T&F Informa UK Limited. See www.pjbpubs.com.	2006
Plaza y Janés	The Spanish publishing firm of Plaza y Janés was founded by Germán Plaza and José Janés in 1959. See www.plaza.es. In 1984 the firm was purchased by Bertelsmann. See www.bertelsmann.com.	2008
Preston	The music publishing firm of Preston (or Preston & Son) was founded by John Preston in the 1770s and subsequently managed by his son Thomas Preston. The firm was purchased by Coventry & Hollier around 1834, and much of the business of Coventry & Hollier was purchased by Novello in 1849 and 1851. Novello is now part of Chester Music and Novello & Company. See 'Music printing and publishing' / edited by D. W. Krummel and Stanley Sadie (1990) and www.chesternovello.com.	2007
Riker, Thorne	John C. Riker founded his bookselling and publishing firm in New York in 1832. The firm was renamed Riker, Thorne in 1849 and ceased publishing around 1857. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 391.	2009
Saalfield Publishing Company	The Saalfield Publishing Company was founded in Akron, Ohio in 1900 by Arthur J. Saalfield, who had taken over the publishing assets of the Werner Company. The firm developed a specialism in books in the names of motion picture stars, including Shirley Temple, Marilyn Monroe and Woody Woodpecker. The firm ceased operations and went out of existence in 1977. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 324.	2009
Sidgwick & Jackson	Sidgwick & Jackson was founded in 1908, and was purchased by Macmillan from Lord Forte in the mid-1980s. Since 1999, Macmillan has been wholly owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group. Sidgwick & Jackson forms part of the Pan Macmillan division within Holtzbrinck. See www.holtzbrinck.com.	2006
Silas Andrus and Son	Silas Andrus founded his publishing firm in Hartford, Connecticut in 1820. In the 1830s the firm was known as Andrus and Judd. Andrus went bankrupt in 1839, but in 1844 he re-formed the firm as Silas Andrus and Son and continued publishing until the firm went out of business around 1855. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 22.	2009
U. P. James	The brothers Joseph A. James and Uriah Pierson James founded a series of publishing, printing and bookselling firms in Cincinatti from 1831, of which the most prominent were named U. P. James and J. A. and U. P. James. U. P. James engaged in all the publishing activities of their firm. The brothers dissolved their partnership in 1854, and U. P. James continued his publishing business until he closed down his firm in 1880. He died in 1889. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 224-225.	2009
W. J. Watt and Company	William J. Watt founded his own publishing firm in New York in 1908, publishing mostly fiction. The firm went out of business in 1928 and Watt died in 1948. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 375.	2008

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