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Crown Books	Crown Books (also known as the Crown Publishing Group and Crown Publishers) was founded as an imprint of the Outlet Book Company. See the FOB entry for Outlet Book Company, which indicates that in 1988 the firm was bought by Random House. Random House is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.randomhouse.com/crown and www.bertelsmann.com.	2008
Cuala Press	The Cuala Press was founded by Elizabeth Yeats in 1908 (see also the FOB entry for Dun Emer Press), and run by her and her family and friends. After the deaths of W. B. Yeats in 1939 and Elizabeth Yeats in 1940, the press ceased publishing in 1946. It was revived in 1969 by Anne Yeats and Michael B. Yeats, with Thomas Kinsella and Liam Miller. The Cuala Press finally closed down in 1986. The Cuala Press archive was donated by the Yeats family to Trinity College Dublin in 1986.	2008
Curwen Press	The music publishing firm of Curwen Press was founded by John Curwen (1816-1880) and was originally known as J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. In 1969 the firm was purchased by the US publishers Crowell, Collier & Macmillan. The new owners closed the London office of Curwen Press and divided the distribution rights between Faber Music and Robertson Publications. See the FOB entry for Crowell-Collier; H. Simon: 'Songs and words: a history of the Curwen Press' (1973); and 'Music printing and publishing' / edited by D. W. Krummel and Stanley Sadie (1990).	2007
Curzon Press	The Curzon Press was founded in 1970 as a specialist African, Asian and Middle East publisher. The firm was bought by Taylor & Francis in 2001 and became known as RoutledgeCurzon or Routledge-Curzon. Routledge-Curzon now forms part of Routledge Asian and Middle East Studies. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com.	2008
Da Capo Press	Da Capo Press was founded in New York in the early 1960s, originally as a publisher of books on music. In 1999 the firm was acquired by the Perseus Books Group. See www.perseusbooks.com.	2008
DDC Publishing	The firm of DDC Publishing was purchased by Pearson Education in 2002. See www.pearsoned.com.	2008
Derrydale Press	The Derrydale Press was a book publishing company founded in 1927 by Eugene V. Connett III. According to the catalogue of the archives of the Derrydale Press, in Princeton University Library, the firm went into liquidation in 1942. 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 112, states that Derrydale's assets were sold in 1942 to the publisher of sporting prints Frank J. Lowe. Rights to the firm have now been acquired by the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, whose website states that they are "in the process of reviving Derrydale". See www.rowmanlittlefield.com.	2008
Dial Press	Dial Press was founded in New York in the 1920s in association with 'The Dial' magazine. In the 1960s Dial Press was gradually acquired by Dell (later Dell-Delacorte). See the FOB entry for Dell-Delacorte, which indicates that the firm is now part of Bantam Dell Publishing, which is part of Random House, which in turn is part of Bertelsmann. See www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell and www.bertelsmann.com.	2008
Diehl, Landau and Pettit	Diehl, Landau and Pettit was founded in 1929 as the successor firm to R. F. Fenno and Company. The firm subsequently became the Landau Book Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 161, which names Louis Landau as the President of the firm in 1986.	2009
Dime Library	The Dime Library was created by Beadle and Adams around 1859. At various times it was known as Dime Novels, Beadle's Dime Novels, Beadle's Dime Books and Beadle's Dime Publications. The assets of Beadle and Adams (including the Dime Library) were acquired by M. J. Ivers and Company in 1898. See the FOB entries for Beadle and Adams and M. J. Ivers and Company.	2009

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