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JOHN WILEY & SONS AGREES TO ACQUIRE AUSTRALIAN PUBLISHER.


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 & Sons Australia (Brisbane), a unit of John Wiley & Sons (New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
), has signed a letter of intent to acquire Wright--books Pty (Melbourne), a publisher of personal investment titles for the Australian Australian

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 market. No terms for the deal, expected to close in July, were given.

Established in 1988, Wrightbooks publishes about 50 books per year in the areas of finance and personal investment and has a backlist back·list  
n.
A publisher's list of older titles kept in print.

tr.v. back·list·ed, back·list·ing, back·lists
To place (a title) on a backlist.
 of about 120 titles. Book titles cover such topics as trading, stock analysis, property investments and taxes, and include "Australian Taxpayer's Guide," "The Art of Trading" and "The Property Investors Handbook
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JW&Sons Australia director Peter Donoughue said the deal provides Wiley with "an opportunity to expand our leading global presence in business and finance publishing." The deal "will enable Wiley's global publishing program to better serve the needs of the Australian finance and investment community." Wrightbooks founder Geoff Wright said the merger of the two companies "will make a formidable force."
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Date:May 31, 2001
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