Wiley buys Fernhurst Books; co. buys out Indian partner.

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& Sons Ltd. (Chichester, UK), a unit of John Wiley & Sons (Hoboken, NJ) has completed the purchase of the publishing assets of Fernhurst Books (Arundel, UK), a publisher of books, manuals, and guides for sailing, boating and other water-based activities. No terms were given.

The purchase includes over 100 titles that cover a range of nautical pastimes, including cruising, racing, motorboating, yacht and dinghy racing

Main article: Dinghy sailing

Dinghy racing is the competitive sport of sailing dinghies. Dinghy racing has been influential in developing all aspects of the modern dinghy, including hull design, sail materials and sailplan, and techniques such and surfing. Titles include "GPS Navigation," and "Rules in Practice," among others, as well as Fernhurst's 'Companion' series of guides ("Radar Companion," "VHF (Very High Frequency) The range of electromagnetic frequencies from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Companion," etc.).

In related news, Wiley has compleed the acquisition of the outstanding shares of Wiley Dreamtech (India) Private Ltd. (Bangalore) from Infocom Books India Private Ltd. The company is being remaned Wiley India Private and is now a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Wiley Publishing Inc. (Singapore). Wiley acquired a majority interest in Dreamtech in 2001 as part of its acquisition of Hungry Minds Inc. (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 ), the publisher of technology, consumer and how-to books, including such brands as 'For Dummies," "Frommer's" and "Cliff-Notes." Dreamtech currently produces an indigenous publishing program, Wiley technology titles and editions of Wiley Higher Education textbooks.

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