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Nimbus	Nimbus: A Magazine of Literature, the Arts, and New Ideas began publication in December 1951 as a quarterly magazine edited by Tristram Hull for the magazine’s thirteen issues. Hull was later joined by co-editors Ivo Jarosy and David Wright. In 1957 Christopher Logue became co-editor with Hull and the name of the magazine was changed to Nimbus: New English Review. The magazine was published by John Trafford at the Halcyon Press. It ceased publication in 1958. A collection of editorial files for all issues of the magazine except the last are housed at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.	2025
Nonesuch Press	The Nonesuch Press was founded by Francis Meynell and others in 1923. Meynell became the sole rights-owner in 1951. Nonesuch Press Limited was formed in 1953, with representation on the board from the Bodley Head. Nonesuch Press ceased operations in 1968 and Meynell died in 1975. 'A history of the Nonesuch Press' was issued under the Nonesuch imprint in 1981, but distributed by the Bodley Head. See the WATCH entry for Francis Meynell and the FOB entry for the Bodley Head.	2006
Nottingham Group plc	In 1997 Nottingham Group plc and the firm of Philip Harris merged to form a new company called Novara. In 2001 Novara was purchased by Findel plc. See www.findel-education.co.uk.	2008
November Books Ltd	November Books Ltd was formed in 1969 in association with Design Yearbook. The firm went into liquidation in August 1972, when its sole shareholder was Mr Nicholas Luard. See Colin Ridler: 'Out-house publishing' (1976).	2007
NPI Media Ltd	NPI Media Ltd was a firm set up by Alan Sutton in order to buy back the firm of Sutton Publishing, which he had founded. In January 2007, NPI Media acquired Sutton Publishing and a number of other firms and imprints, including Jarrold Publishing. In December 2007, however, NPI Media and all its purchases were acquired by the History Press, Charleston, South Carolina (www.historypress.net).	2008
Octopus Publishing Group	The Octopus Publishing Group (founded by Paul Hamlyn, and with imprints including Hamlyn, Mitchell Beazley, Conran and Philip's) was purchased by Hachette in 2001. Other imprints previously part of the Octopus Group (such as William Heinemann) had already been sold to Random House in 1997. See www.hachette.com and www.octopus-publishing.co.uk.	2006
Odhams Limited	In 1898 the firms of William Odhams and Odhams Brothers Limited merged to form Odhams Limited, which operated as a printing and a publishing company. The printing company, Odhams Press, went out of existence in 1983. The publishing company, Odhams Books, was one of three companies which merged in 1963 to form IPC (International Publishing Corporation). IPC was purchased by the Reed Group in 1970, and then by a Cinven-backed consortium in 1998, before being purchased by AOL Time Warner in 2001. See www.ipcmedia.com, which still includes some famous Odhams titles such as 'Ideal Home'.	2006
Orion Publishing Group Ltd	The following passage is taken from the Orion website (http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/history.aspx): "The Orion Publishing Group Limited was founded in 1991. Soon after incorporation, Orion began negotiations with Lord Weidenfeld and acquired Weidenfeld & Nicolson as the nucleus of a new, entrepreneurial publishing group." The Orion Publishing Group was bought by Hachette in 1998, but continues to trade under its own name.	2008
Patrick Stephens Ltd	Patrick Stephens Ltd was purchased by Thorsons in 1984. Thorsons was purchased by William Collins in 1989. William Collins became wholly owned by News Corporation in 1990, and was then incorporated into HarperCollins Publishers. See www.newscorp.com. Until 1991 Patrick Stephens imprints were published from the Thorsons address in Wellingborough. From 1991 to the present, however, Patrick Stephens has resumed independent publishing from an address in Sparkford, Somerset.	2008
Pearn, Pollinger & Higham Ltd	The literary agency Pearn, Pollinger & Higham was founded by Laurence Pollinger and others in 1933. Its successor firms are Pollinger Ltd (founded as Laurence Pollinger Ltd in 1958) and David Higham Associates (founded 1935). Laurence Pollinger Ltd always described itself as "successor of Pearn, Pollinger & Higham". Laurence Pollinger Ltd was renamed Pollinger Ltd, and in 2014 it was purchased by Peters Fraser & Dunlop.	2023

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