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Whurr Publishers Ltd	Whurr Publishers Ltd was established in London as a publishing firm with a specialism in health, nursing and therapy. In 2005 the firm was acquired by Wiley. See www.wiley.com.	2008
Wicks and Wilson Limited	The firm of Wicks and Wilson Limited was founded in Hampshire, UK, in 1973. In 2011 it was acquired by the Crowley Company. See www.thecrowleycompany.com.	2011
William Collins Sons & Co.	William Collins established his publishing firm in Glasgow in 1819. William Collins Sons & Co. became wholly owned by News Corporation in 1990, and was then incorporated into HarperCollins Publishers. See www.newscorp.com. In 2001 HarperCollins Publishers was reorganised into two divisions: General Books and Collins.	2008
William Durrell	William Durrell founded his bookselling, printing and publishing firm in New York around 1786. The firm went out of existence around 1802. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 147.	2009
William Heinemann Ltd	William Heinemann began his publishing business in 1890. By the end of 1957, control of William Heinemann Ltd belonged to Tillings. Tillings was acquired in 1983 by BTR, who then sold the Heinemann Group to Octopus Publishing in 1985. Octopus was in turn taken over by Reed Books in 1987. In 1997 Reed Elsevier sold a number of its companies, including William Heinemann Ltd, to Random House. William Heinemann is now part of Random House UK, which is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.bertelsmann.com and www.randomhouse.co.uk.	2008
William Kimber	William Kimber was purchased by Thorsons in 1988. Thorsons was purchased by William Collins in 1989. William Collins became wholly owned by News Corporation in 1990, and was then incorporated into HarperCollins Publishers. See www.newscorp.com. The Thorsons name is still used by News Corporation, but the name of William Kimber has not been used for publishing since about 1989.	2008
William Morrow & Company	William Morrow founded his publishing company in 1926. The firm remained independent until 1981, when it was acquired by the Hearst Corporation. In 1999 it was sold by Hearst to News Corporation, where it was incorporated into HarperCollins. See www.newscorp.com and www.harpercollins.com.	2008
William Parks	William Parks founded his own publishing firm in Annapolis, Maryland in 1726. Parks died in 1750, and the firm went out of existence. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 353.	2009
William R. Scott, Inc.	The publishing firm of William R. Scott, Inc. was founded in New York in 1938. In 1970 the firm was acquired by Addison-Wesley, which is now part of the Pearson Group. See www.pearson.com and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 329.	2008
William Rickey and Company	William Rickey and Company was a publishing company established in New York before World War I. The firm went out of business around 1913. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 119.	2008

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