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Red House LtdRed House Ltd was founded in Godalming in 1979 as a British children's book distributor and book club operator. In 1996-97 the firm was acquired by Scholastic, Inc. See www.scholastic.com.2008
Red Wagon BooksRed Wagon Books was established as a children's imprint of Harcourt, Brace & Company. See the FOB entry for Harcourt, Brace. From 2007 Red Wagon Books is an imprint of Harcourt Children's Books, within Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. See www.hmhco.com and www.harcourtbooks.com.2008
Regnery PublishingRegnery Publishing was founded as a new firm in 1977 by Henry Regnery, shortly after he had sold the Henry Regnery Company (q.v.). The new firm was briefly known as Regnery Gateway. In 1993 the firm was acquired by Eagle Publishing. See www.regnery.com/eagle.html.2008
Rei-Lee BooksRei-Lee Books was an imprint of Reilly and Lee Publishing Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 315-316, and see the FOB entry for Reilly and Lee, which indicates that the successor firms now belong to McGraw-Hill (www.mcgraw-hill.com).2008
Reilly and Britton Publishing CompanyThe Madison Book Company was founded in Chicago in 1902 by Frank K. Reilly and Sumner C. Britton. In 1904 the firm's name was changed to Reilly and Britton Publishing Company. Britton left the firm in 1916, and from 1919 William F. Lee became a full partner and the firm became Reilly and Lee Publishing Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 315-316, and see the FOB entry for Reilly and Lee, which indicates that the successor firms now belong to McGraw-Hill (www.mcgraw-hill.com).2008
Reilly and Lee Publishing CompanyReilly and Lee Publishing Company was formed in 1919 as the successor company to Reilly and Britton (q.v.). In 1957 Reilly and Lee was acquired by the Henry Regnier Company, which became known as Contemporary Books from 1977. Contemporary Books was acquired by the Tribune Company in 1993, and in 1996 became part of NTC/Contemporary. NTC/Contemporary was acquired by McGraw-Hill in 2000 as part of its purchase of Tribune Education. See www.mcgraw-hill.com.2008
Reiman Publications LLCReiman Publications LLC was established as a publisher of books on cooking, gardening and lifestyle subjects. In 2002 the firm was acquired by Reader's Digest Association. In 2007 Reader's Digest Association was purchased by the private equity firm Ripplewood Holdings LLC. See www.rd.com.2008
Religious Tract SocietyThe Lutterworth Press website states that "The Lutterworth Press was founded as the Religious Tract Society in Georgian London". See www.lutterworth.com.2008
Republic of Texas PressRepublic of Texas Press was acquired by the Rowman & Littlefield Group in 2002 and now forms part of Taylor Trade Publishing. See www.rlpgtrade.com.2008
Resources for Christian LivingResources for Christian Living (RCL) was purchased by CFM Religion Publishing Group from RCL Enterprises, Inc. in 2007. CFM then merged RCL-Resources for Christian Living with its newly acquired Benziger imprint to form RCL Benziger. See www.rclweb.com.2008

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