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Focal Press Ltd	Focal Press was founded as a Media Technology publisher over 60 years ago. The firm was acquired by Pitmans in the 1960s and then purchased by Butterworths in 1981. It has been an imprint of the Butterworth-Heinemann division of Reed Elsevier. According to Wikipedia, Routledge Taylor & Francis acquired Focal in 2012. See and https://www.routledge.com/.	2020
Foghorn Press	Foghorn Press was founded in 1982 as a travel publishing firm. In 1999 Moon Publications, John Muir Publications and Foghorn Press merged to form the new firm of Avalon Travel. Avalon Travel is now part of the Perseus Books Group. See www.avalontravelbooks.com and www.perseusbooks.com.	2008
Four Winds Press	Four Winds Press was founded in 1966 as an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. In 1984 Scholastic decided to discontinue the use of the name Four Winds Press. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 155.	2008
Frank J. Fabozzi Publishing	Frank J. Fabozzi Publishing was established by Professor Fabozzi as a professional and academic finance publishing firm. In 2001 the firm was acquired by Wiley. See www.wiley.com.	2008
Frank Schaffer Publications	The educational publishing firm of Frank Schaffer Publications was purchased by McGraw-Hill in 2001. See www.mcgraw-hill.com.	2013
Free Press of Glencoe	The Free Press of Glencoe was founded in 1947. In 1960-61 it was purchased by the Crowell-Collier division of the Macmillan Company of New York. The Crowell-Collier business and imprints (including Free Press) formed part of the purchase of Macmillan Inc. by Simon & Schuster in 1994. See www.simonsays.com.	2008
Futura Publishing Company	Futura Publishing Company was founded in 1970 by Steven Korn and Jacques Strauss. In 2002 the firm was purchased by Blackwell Publishing. See www.blackwellpublishing.com (this website remains current after Blackwell became part of Wiley in February 2007).	2008
G. P. Putnam's Sons	The publishing firm of G. Putnam Broadway was founded by George Palmer Putnam in 1848. On his death in 1872 the name of the firm was changed to G. P. Putnam's Sons. In 1965 the firm acquired Berkley Books and became known as Putnam Berkley. Putnam Berkley was bought by Penguin in 1997, and is part of the Pearson Group. See www.pearson.com.	2008
G. Putnam Broadway	The publishing firm of G. Putnam Broadway was founded by George Palmer Putnam in 1848. On his death in 1872 the name of the firm was changed to G. P. Putnam's Sons. In 1965 the firm acquired Berkley Books and became known as Putnam Berkley. Putnam Berkley was bought by Penguin in 1997, and is part of the Pearson Group. See www.pearson.com.	2008
Gale and Polden	The printing and publishing firm Gale and Polden were based in Aldershot, Hampshire, UK, and specialised in military books. There is a timeline history of the firm from 1866 to 1981 on the website of the Aldershot Military Museum (www3.hants.gov.uk/museum/aldershot-museum/local-history-aldershot/gale-and-polden/gale-and-polden-timeline.htm). In 1981 the firm went out of business as part of the collapse of Maxwell Communications.	2008

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