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Wace Corporate Print	The firm of Wace Corporate Print was purchased by The Print Factory in 2005. See www.tpfgroup.co.uk.	2008
Wallace Literary Agency	Wallace, Aitken, & Sheil was founded in 1974 as a partnership between literary agents Gillon Aitken, Anthony Sheil, and Lois Wallace, with Wallace being the primary United States agent for the clients of the British agency, Anthony Sheil Associates, Ltd. The agency was changed in 1978 to the Wallace & Sheil Agency, Inc. when Aitken departed the partnership. The firm remained the Wallace & Sheil Agency, Inc. until 1988, when the partnership between Lois Wallace and Anthony Sheil was dissolved. At that time, the agency took its current name, the Wallace Literary Agency. From 1987 to 1998, Lois Wallace's husband, Tom Wallace, was an agent with the firm. The Wallace Literary Agency was jointly acquired by Robin Strauss and Andrew Nurnberg in 2014 who operate under the name Robin Straus Agency, Inc.	2025
Walter H. Baker Company	George M. Baker purchased the play division of Herbert Sweet and Company (q.v.) in 1872 and renamed the firm George M. Baker and Company. The firm was managed by Baker's brother Walter H. Baker, and was renamed the Walter H. Baker Company in 1892. The firm now trades as Baker's Plays. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 35-37, and see www.bakersplays.com.	2009
Walter Scott Publishing Co. Ltd	The Newcastle-upon-Tyne printing and publishing firm of Walter Scott came into existence in 1882 when Walter Scott took over the assets of Tyne Publishing Company. The firm declined after Scott's death in 1910 and was finally wound up in 1931. See John R. Turner: 'Conditions for success as a provincial publisher in late nineteenth-century England', Publishing history 41 (1997).	2008
Ward Lock	Ward Lock was purchased by Egmont from Pentos in 1985, and by Cassell from Egmont in 1989. Cassell was purchased by Hachette in 1998, and subsequently divided. See the FOB entry for Cassell. Ward Lock is now an imprint of the Octopus Group.	2008
Warner Books	Warner Books was established by Time Warner as part of the Time Warner Book Group. Time Warner Book Group was purchased by Hachette Livre in 2006, and Warner Books was renamed Grand Central Publishing. See www.hachettebookgroupusa.com.	2008
Warren C. Platt	The firm of Warren C. Platt was founded as a petroleum-industry publisher. In 1953 the firm was acquired by McGraw-Hill. See www.mcgraw-hill.com.	2008
Washington Square Press	Washington Square Press was purchased by the Pocket Books division of Simon & Schuster in 1959. Washington Square Press is now a division and an imprint of Simon & Schuster, which is owned by CBS Corporation. See www.simonsays.com.	2008
Waterfront Communications	Waterfront Communications was the personal company of the Scottish publisher Paul Harris. The firm has closed, and Paul Harris moved to work as an editor in Sri Lanka and more recently in Shanghai.	2007
Watergate Film Services Ltd	Watergate Film Services Ltd forms part of Peters Fraser and Dunlop. See www.pfd.co.uk.	2008

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