14 Facts About Harcourt Brace

In 2007 the US Schools Education and Trade Publishing parts of Harcourt Brace Education were sold by Reed Elsevier to Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep Group.

Harcourt Brace later moved to New York City, where it became a test publisher.

Harcourt Brace was best known for the intelligence tests he developed for the US Army.

Harcourt Brace published mass-market paperback books with Pyramid Books, which it bought out in 1974 and renamed Jove Books.

Harcourt Brace divested its theme park division in 1989 to Busch Entertainment for $1.

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In 1994, Harcourt General acquired the religious imprint Brown-ROA from William C Brown Company, a division of Times Mirror Company.

In 1995, Harcourt Brace General acquired Assessment Systems, Inc, a professional test company.

In 1999, Harcourt Brace General divested its retail division and shortened the publishing division's name to Harcourt Brace, Inc.

In 2001, the Anglo-Dutch publishing company Reed Elsevier acquired Harcourt Brace, Inc Harcourt Brace Trade Publishers was a member of the Reed Elsevier Group plc, a publisher and information provider operating in four global industry sectors: science and medical, legal, education, and business.

In 2004, Harcourt Brace acquired Saxon Publishers, publishers of Saxon math materials.

On February 15,2007, Reed Elsevier announced its intention to sell its education arm, Harcourt Brace Education, of which Harcourt Brace Trade Publishers was a part.

Harcourt Brace published high-quality literature in translation by acquiring European writers such as Gunter Grass and Umberto Eco.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich acquired the educational arm of Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Saunders, and the Dryden Press in 1985 from CBS, and it retained the Holt, Rinehart and Winston name.

Harcourt Brace Achieve, Professional and Trade – publishers of supplemental and alternative core educational materials for pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12 schools materials for adult education, school libraries and teacher professional development; and adult and children's trade books.