Re: tracing a publisher

On 3/23/98, Eric Zohn <ezohn[_at_]wma.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

Also from the Reed/Elsevier/Bowker/Saur/Cahners mega-conglomerate is a more complete directory:

Publishers' International ISBN Directory 1997/98 (24th Edition) Compiled and Edited by the International ISBN Agency, Berlin http://www.bowker.com/catalog/home/entries/bib_19_2.html

"Pure Diamond Press" was not listed.

"A.S. Barnes & Co. Inc." (ISBN prefix 0-498) was listed as:

        now a subsidiary of:
        Oaktree Publications, Inc.
        999 Summer Street #200
        Stamford CT  06905-5513

        ISBN prefix 0-86679

No phone or FAX listed...

Good luck,

Paul K. Dzus
Journals Subsidiary Rights Manager
The MIT Press
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