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It was when the ultimate conglomerate of its day, ITT, bought Bobbs-Merrill, curtailing re-investment in its publishing program in order to extract its juice, that Bill Hackett left the College Division he'd founded at Bobbs—and its centerpiece, the Library of Liberal Arts—to begin anew as an independent publisher with his wife Frances. Their intention was to create a firm that would remain small and provide a service to the humanities.
Their publishing efforts began with G. All were in philosophy, a discipline badly underserved by publishers at the time. Warranted confidence in both the reception and the endurance of its books permitted HPC to accept much longer pay-back periods for its investments in them than is standard in book publishing, and to earn a conscionable, albeit delayed, profit that would be re-invested in further publishing projects.
It took eight years, but the stringent application of high editorial standards enabled HPC to get into the black on schedule. Its uniform and utilitarian book covers have given way to less standard, occasionally provocative, ones. Jay Hullett continues to serve as Chairman of the Board. Pullins Company titles:.
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