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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
Pocket Books	Pocket Books, described as "America's first paperback publisher", was founded by Robert deGraff in 1939. The firm entered into partnership with Simon & Schuster, and continues as a Simon & Schuster imprint. See www.simonsays.com.	2008
Poet Lore Company	The Poet Lore Company was founded as a magazine and book publisher in Boston around 1889. In 1930 Poet Lore was one of a number of Boston firms which merged to form Bruce Humphries. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 73; the FOB entries for Bruce Humphries and its successor firm Branden Press; and www.brandenbooks.com.	2008
Porpoise Press	The Porpoise Press was founded in Edinburgh in 1922. In 1930 the firm was taken over by Faber & Faber, whilst retaining editorial independence. In 1939 Faber & Faber decided to close down the Porpoise Press, whilst retaining its backlist of Scottish literary works.	2006
Praeger Publishers	Praeger Publishers was founded by Frederick A. Praeger in 1949. In 1966 the firm was acquired by Encyclopedia Britannica, who sold it to CBS in 1977. In 1986 Praeger Publishers was purchased by Greenwood Publishing Group. See the FOB entry for Greenwood Publishing Group, which indicates that from 2008 the firm is part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. See www.greenwood.com and www.hmhco.com.	2008
Pratt, Woodford and Company	The firm of D. F. Robinson and Company was founded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1828, and is the original predecessor firm of Baker and Taylor. The name of Baker and Taylor was adopted in 1885, and between 1828 and 1885 the firm had many names, including Robinson, Pratt and Company; Pratt, Woodford and Company; Farmer, Brace and Company; Blakeman and Mason; Oakley and Mason; Mason, Baker and Pratt; and Baker, Pratt and Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 34-35 and see the Our History page of www.btol.com.	2009
Prentice Hall	Prentice Hall was formed in 1913 by Charles W. Gerstenberg and Richard P. Ettinger, who named the firm after their mothers' maiden names. Prentice Hall was purchased by Simon & Schuster in 1984 and then sold to the Pearson Group in 1998. It is now an imprint of Pearson Education. See www.pearsoned.com.	2008
Preservation Press	Preservation Press was acquired by Wiley from the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1997. See www.wiley.com.	2013
Presidio Press	Presidio Press was founded in 1974 as a military book publisher, based in Novato, California. In 2002 Presidio Press was purchased by the Ballantine Books division of Random House, which in turn is part of Bertelsmann. See www.randomhouse.com and 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

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