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Alexander MacMillan (publisher)

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282: 22: 276: 337: 79:. The brothers soon started publishing books as well as selling them. After Daniel's death in 1857, Alexander continued to run the firm. He expanded the company into a worldwide organization and also started publishing magazines, including the prestigious scientific journal 422: 89:
to create the New York office in August 1869 and hired American firm Messrs. Pott & Amery to assist in the marketing and distribution of Macmillan's books.
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Alexander was the partner who developed the literary reputation of the company, while Daniel took charge of the business and commercial side. Originally called
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Scottish Gaelic
Irvine, Ayrshire
Scotland
Daniel
Macmillan Publishers
Covent Garden
crofters
Isle of Arran
Cambridge
Nature
George Edward Brett
Harold Macmillan
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Bowes & Bowes
Macmillan Publishing
"Bedford Street and Chandos Place Area: Bedford Street Pages 253-263 Survey of London: Volume 36, Covent Garden"
Archived
History
Archived
Wayback Machine
"PUBLISHING: Crofter's Crop"
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Macmillan A Publishing Tradition
ISBN
0-333-73517-X
ISBN
0-333-73517-X
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