Harcourt (publisher)

Harcourt
StatusAcquired by Houghton Mifflin
Founded1919
Founder
Defunct2007
SuccessorHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationSan Diego, California, U.S.
Publication typesBooks
Official websitewww.hmhco.com

Harcourt (/ˈhɑːrkɔːrt/) was an American publishing firm with a long history of publishing fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. The company was last based in San Diego, California, with editorial/sales/marketing/rights offices in New York City and Orlando, Florida, and was known at different stages in its history as Harcourt Brace, & Co. and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. From 1919 to 1982, it was based in New York City.[1]

Houghton Mifflin acquired Harcourt in 2007. It incorporated the Harcourt name to form Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. As of 2012, all Harcourt books that have been re-released are under the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt name. The Harcourt Children's Books division left the name intact on all of its books under that name as part of HMH.

In 2007 the U.S. Schools Education and Trade Publishing parts of Harcourt Education were sold by Reed Elsevier to Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep Group.[2][3] Harcourt Assessment and Harcourt Education International were acquired by Pearson, the international education and information company, in January 2008.[4]

  1. ^ Prial, Frank J. (February 11, 1982). "Harcourt Brace Moving from the City". The New York Times. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "Houghton Mifflin Company Completes Acquisition of Harcourt Education, Harcourt Trade and Greenwood-Heinemann Divisions from Reed Elsevier, Creating Preeminent K–12 Educational Publisher". December 13, 2007. Archived from the original (Press release) on February 10, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  3. ^ "Reed Elsevier announces sale of Harcourt U.S. Schools Education Business to Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep Group for $4.0 billion". July 16, 2007. Archived from the original (Press release) on September 28, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2007.
  4. ^ "Pearson Completes Acquisition of Harcourt Assessment". Assessment & Information Group of Pearson (pearsonassessments.com). January 30, 2008. Archived from the original (Press release) on March 27, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2010.