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In 1970, the company was known as Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (HBJ), with William Jovanovich as chairman. That same year, the company acquired The Psychological Corporation . Under Jovanovich's leadership, the company diversified into non-publishing businesses such as insurance and business consulting.
By 1960, Harcourt Brace led the market in high school textbook publishing, but had little presence in the elementary school market. That year, William Jovanovich, who had become president of the company in 1954, took the company public and merged Harcourt Brace & Company with World Book Company to create Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. This was a ...
William Jovanovich (1920 – 4 December 2001) was an American publisher, author, and businessman of Montenegrin descent. He served as the director of the publishing firm Harcourt, Brace & World from 1954 to 1991, renamed Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich in his honor in 1970.
Books originally published by Harcourt, including World Book Company; Harcourt, Brace & Howe; Harcourt, Brace & Company; Harcourt, Brace & World; and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Mariner Books, originally an imprint of HMH Books, [1] was established in 1997 as a publisher of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry in trade paperback.Mariner is also the publisher of the Harvest backlist, formerly published by Harcourt Brace/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. [2]
Last revised in 1981, the series was still in print at the time of Warriner's death in 1987. Publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovich described it as "one of the best selling series in textbook publishing history", with over 30 million copies sold. [2] Books of the series have been published in large-print, Braille, audiobook, and e-book editions. [3]
Boardwalk and Baseball was a theme park built near Haines City, Florida, at the southeast corner of the Interstate 4-US 27 interchange. [1] It replaced Circus World at the same location, and was owned by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Park Group (now Harcourt, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again) is a 1975 book by the American artist Andy Warhol.It was first published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.. The book is an assemblage of vignettes about love, beauty, fame, work, sex, time, death, economics, success, and art, among other topics, by the "Prince of Pop".