Re: tracing a publisher

On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Ron Kilponen <kilponen[_at_]ultranet.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/20/98, Hilary Cantwell <hilary[_at_]deakin.edu.au> wrote:
> >
> > A friend is trying to trace a US publisher called "Pure Diamond
> > Press"to obtain a copyright permission. Is there anyone out there
> > who knows where to contact this publisher or, if it doesn't exist
> > any longer, who may have bought the list???
>
> I too am trying to trace a US publisher by the name of A.S. Barnes &
> Co. Inc. They were incorporated as late as 1980 in Delaware and
> dissolved or filed for bankruptcy shortly thereafter. If anyone can
> provide some information about them or hints on how to track them
> down, a trustee, or who bought the assets it would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> I had a search run of the copyright records and had the Delaware
> Corporation Offices run a search which thus far has brought little
> returns...

There is a publication published by R.R. Bowker, "A Unit of Reed Elsevier Business Information" entitled "Literary Market Place: The Directory of the American Book Publishing Industry." The book, about the size of a large phone book, lists, among other information, U.S. pubishers that have reproted to LMP that they produce an average of 3 or more books per year. If a publisher's output is falls below that number, it does not appear in the book.

Neither of the publshers listed above appears in the 1998 edition. You may want to contact the RR Bowker (121 Chanlon Road, New Providence, NJ 07974) as they may have such information in an older edition.

Regards,

Eric Zohn
ezohn[_at_]wma.com

Opinions expressed above are just that, not necessarily those of my employer, etc., etc. Received on Mon Mar 23 1998 - 16:04:46 GMT