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Way and Williams	The publishing firm of Way and Williams was founded in Chicago in 1895 by Washington Irving Way and Chauncey L. Williams. The firm went out of business in 1898, when its assets were acquired by Herbert S. Stone and Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 477-478, and see the FOB entry for Herbert S. Stone and Company.	2009
Wayfarers' Library	Wayfarers' Library was a series of works devoted to modern literature, published by J. M. Dent as a companion to the Everyman Library. The first volume was published in 1913. See the FOB entry for J. M. Dent.	2006
Weber & Field	The music hall production and publishing firm of Weber & Field flourished in the 1890s, after which its publishing list was purchased by M. Witmark & Sons. 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
Wee Books for Wee Folks	The children's publishing house called Wee Books for Wee Folks was purchased by Platt and Munk from the Henry Altemus Company in 1926. Platt and Munk was acquired by Grosset & Dunlap in 1977. In 1982 Grosset & Dunlap was purchased by G. P. Putnam's Sons (of the Putnam Berkley Group). Putnam Berkley was bought by Penguin in 1997, and is part of the Pearson Group. See www.pearson.com; the company history pages of us.penguingroup.com; and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 289.	2008
Weekend Review	The Weekend Review was founded in 1930. In January 1934, it was incorporated into 'New Statesman', which was published for many years as 'New Statesman and Nation (incorporating The Weekend Review)'. See www.newstatesman.com/nsabout.htm.	2007
Weidenfeld & Nicolson	Weidenfeld & Nicolson was founded by George Weidenfeld and Nigel Nicolson in 1949. The following passage is taken from the Orion website (http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/history.aspx): "The Orion Publishing Group Limited was founded in 1991. Soon after incorporation, Orion began negotiations with Lord Weidenfeld and acquired Weidenfeld & Nicolson as the nucleus of a new, entrepreneurial publishing group." The Orion Publishing Group was bought by Hachette in 1998, but continues to trade under its own name, with titles still appearing under the imprint of Weidenfeld & Nicolson.	2008
Weldon Owen	Weldon Owen was founded in 1985 as a packaging and publishing company with offices in San Francisco and Sydney. In 2006 the firm was acquired by Bonnier AB of Stockholm, and it is now part of Bonnier Publishing. See www.bonnierpublishing.com.	2008
Werner Company	The Werner Company was founded in Chicago in 1892 by Paul E. Werner. In 1897 the firm moved to Akron, Ohio. In 1900 the publishing arm of the company was purchased by its sales manager, Arthur J. Saalfield, who established the Saalfield Publishing Company. In 1902 the Werner School-Book Company was purchased by the American Book Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 480; the FOB entry for Saalfield Publishing Company; and www.americanbookcompany.com.	2009
Werner Laurie Ltd	Werner Laurie was part of the the Bodley Head publishing house from 1957 until 1987. The Bodley Head was sold to Random House in 1987. Random House was purchased by Bertelsmann AG in 1998 and now functions as a "corporate division" of Bertelsmann. See www.bertelsmann.com and www.randomhouse.co.uk.	2008
West, Johnston and Company	The publishing firm of West, Johnston and Company was founded in Richmond, Virginia in 1860 by John Montgomery West and Thomas Johnston. For its first six years the firm was known as West and Johnston. The firm was in financial difficulty in the 1890s and went bankrupt in 1896. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 482.	2009

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