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Ebury PressEbury Press was purchased by Century Hutchinson from the National Magazine Company in 1989. The firm is now part of Random House UK, which is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.bertelsmann.com and www.randomhouse.co.uk. See also the FOB entry for Century Hutchinson.2008
Editions du Centre de Psychologie AppliquéeLes Editions du Centre de Psychologie Appliquée constituted a French testing business which was acquired in 2002 by the Psychological Corporation / Harcourt Assessment, then a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier. In 2008 Harcourt Assessment was sold by Reed Elsevier to Pearson. See www.harcourtassessment.com and pearsonassess.com.2008
Editions PiccoliaEditions Piccolia was founded in 1991 in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge, France, as a publisher of books for children. In 2001 the firm was acquired by Bonnier AB of Stockholm. See www.editions-piccolia.fr.2008
El Corno EmplumadoEdited by Margaret Randall and Sergio Mondragón in Mexico City from 1962–1969, El Corno Emplumado (The Plumed Horn) was a bilingual quarterly that published key works by Latin and North American counterculture figures and was distributed worldwide. The journal closed in mid-1969 having published 31 issues and a dozen books. A collection of production materials as well as extensive correspondence with contributors (1962–1967) is housed at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. Additional materials are housed at the Fales Library, New York University.2025
Elsevier NVThe Elsevier firm was founded in Rotterdam in 1880 by Jacobus George Robbers. It was named after a sixteenth-century firm of Dutch printers. In 1993 Elsevier NV merged with Reed International plc to form Reed Elsevier. See www.reedelsevier.com.2006
Elzevir Publishing CompanyElzevir Publishing Company was one of a number of companies founded by the bookseller and publisher John B. Alden. The firm began trading in 1893 and went out of existence in 1894, when its assets were assigned to Frank Tracy. See the FOB entry for John B. Alden and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 6. 2009
EP Publishing LtdEP Publishing was purchased by A. & C. Black Publishers Ltd from Seymour Press in 1983. A. & C. Black is still trading under its own name (see www.acblack.com), but is owned by Bloomsbury Publishing. 2008
Europa Publications LtdEuropa Publications Ltd was purchased by Taylor & Francis in 1999 and Europa is now a Routledge Reference imprint within the Taylor & Francis Group. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com.2006
Evans Brothers (Nigeria Publishers) LtdThe publishing firm of Evans Brothers (Nigeria Publishers) Ltd was established as a Nigerian company by Evans Brothers UK in 1966. The firm retains an association with the British Evans Publishing Group, but is now Nigerian-owned, under the auspices of the Otunba Adekunle Ojora. See www.evanspublishers.com.ng.2008
Everyman LibraryJ. M. Dent published the Everyman Library from 1906. Dent was purchased by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1988. Weidenfeld & Nicolson is now part of the Orion Group. See the Weidenfeld & Nicolson entry in FOB and www.orionbooks.co.uk. The names of Dent and Everyman are still used by Orion Books. In the USA Everyman's Library is now published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House. See www.randomhouse.com.2008

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