1899: Briton Helen Bannerman
publishes The Story of Little Black Sambo, a story she invented to entertain her daughters on their trip through India.
1928 Radclyffe Hall
publishes her novel The Well of Loneliness, which quickly becomes the definitive statement on lesbianism, despite its downbeat ending.
Jeff Mason, who
publishes Indy, a magazine dedicated to the world of self-published and small-press comics, explains the attraction: "It's very important to own your own thoughts.
The company
publishes textbooks in the fields of the humanities for the secondary, college and adult education level.
Boyd Publishing Corporation, the more than 100-year-old family business that
publishes Bibles, hymnals, as well as other Christian and church-related books.
Wiesner Publishing, which
publishes "Senior Market Advisor," "Boomer Market Advisor" and "Benefits Selling" magazines, will integrate these Web properties with its other business units, including its data business, Advisors Data Source.
So, for example, if you're writing a romance novel about black couples, it might work in your favor to sell the book to Dafina, an imprint of Kensington that
publishes the bestsellers of romance novelist Mary B.
* Folio magazine (www.foliomag.com)
publishes 16 times a year for $96, and Circulation Management magazine (www.circman.com) costs $39 for a one-year subscription.
* Oakstone Medical, founded in 1975 and acquired by HCC in 1997, which
publishes about 30 newsletters;
1956 James Baldwin
publishes Giovanni's Room one of the first mainstream novels to explore gay themes openly.