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Book publishing companies of Scotland

  • William Collins, SonsWilliam Collins, a Presbyterian schoolmaster, established a printing firm in Glasgow during 1819. He partnered with Charles Chalmers, the younger brother of…
  • Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Edinburgh, Scotland, 1768. Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell began the first edition of Encyclopædia Britannica during the Scottish Enlightenment.
  • Canongate BooksStephanie Wolfe Murray and her husband Angus Wolfe Murray opened a small shop in Edinburgh during 1973. They named the business after the Canongate area of…
  • A & C BlackCharles Black and Adam Black opened a small bookshop in Edinburgh on the 1st of January 1807. They began by selling religious texts and schoolbooks to local…