Bowker-Saur was a

publisher Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

and former operating company owned by

Reed Elsevier RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal information and analytics; ...

plc. Bowker-Saur served business and library markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa with book, journal, directory and online database products. The company had its own publishing programme and marketed the products of its sister companies Bowker of the United States and K G Saur in Germany. Bowker-Saur was based in East Grinstead, West Sussex, UK. Bowker-Saur was merged with Reed Reference Publishing, another Reed Elsevier company, in the late 1990s. Reed Reference Publishing was itself later merged with

Reed Business Information RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal information and analytics; ...

. Bowker-Saur and R. R. Bowker were acquired by

Cambridge Information Group Cambridge Information Group (CIG) is a privately held global investment firm focusing on information services, education and technology. It began as a firm providing services to academic publishers. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. As ...

in 2001.

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