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Price Books	Price Books, also known as Spon Price Books, is now part of the Taylor & Francis Group. See www.pricebooks.co.uk and www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com.	2006
Prima Lifestyle	The publishing firm of Prima Lifestyle was acquired in 2001 by Crown Publishing, a division of Random House, Inc., which is owned by Bertelsmann. In 2003 Crown announced that Prima Lifestyle would cease operations, with its backlist being transferred to Three Rivers Press. See www.randomhouse.com/crown and www.bertelsmann.com.	2008
Progressive Matrices	John Carlyle Raven first published his 'Progressive Matrices' in 1938. His three sons established the firm of J. C. Raven Ltd in 1972. In 2004 J. C. Raven Ltd was acquired by the Harcourt Assessment division of Reed Elsevier. Harcourt Assessment was purchased by Pearson in 2008. See www.harcourtassessment.com and pearsonassess.com.	2008
Promissor	The firm of Promissor was purchased by Pearson Education from Houghton Mifflin Company in January 2006. See www.pearsoned.com.	2008
Prophetic Catalogue	The publishing list of the Prophetic Catalogue was purchased by M. Witmark & Sons in 1892. See the FOB entry for M. Witmark & Sons, which indicates that the firm is now part of Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. See the history pages of www.warnerchappell.com.	2007
Propyläen Verlag	Propyläen Verlag was founded in 1919 as a publishing subsidiary of Ullstein Verlag. See the FOB entry for Ullstein, which indicates that in 2003 it was sold to Bonnier AB of Stockholm. Propyläen is still used as an Ullstein imprint. See www.bonnier.com and www.ullsteinbuchverlage.de.	2008
Psychological Corporation	The Psychological Corporation was purchased by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1970 and subsequently became part of Harcourt Assessment. In 2008 Harcourt Assessment was sold by Reed Elsevier to Pearson. See www.harcourtassessment.com and pearsonassess.com.	2008
Psychology Press	Psychology Press is now a member of the Taylor & Francis Group. See www.psypress.co.uk and www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com.	2006
Purnell & Sons	The firm of Purnell & Sons was acquired by Robert Maxwell and became one of the component parts of the British Printing Corporation in 1964. Thereafter the Purnell firm and its titles were closely associated with the firm of Macdonald up to and after the break-up of the Robert Maxwell empire. See the FOB entry for Macdonald & Co. The recommended approach is to proceed on a title-by-title basis. Educational titles are likely to be with Pearson Education; children's books are likely to be with Hodder Children's Books; other titles may be with Little, Brown. See www.pearsoned.com; www.hodderchildrens.co.uk; and www.littlebrown.co.uk.	2008
Putnam Berkley	The firm of Putnam Berkley came into existence in 1965, when G. P. Putnam's Sons acquired Berkley Books. Putnam Berkley was bought by Penguin in 1997, and is part of the Pearson Group. See www.pearson.com.	2008

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