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, later home of the

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and

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."British firms unite to launch mass PB venture". ''

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in 1976 resulted in the creation of Triad Books. In 1983 Granada Publishing Ltd was sold to the Glasgow-based publishers

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, which used the name Grafton to consolidate all of Granada's paperback imprints alongside its own existing Fontana imprint. Collins was in turn bought by

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in 1989 to create the

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publishing conglomerate. The name Grafton disappeared as a separate brand c. 1993. The Grafton imprint has no connection with the Grafton Books series of books on librarianship, bibliography and book collectingA Grafton Book
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's books, among many others.

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