Charter Communications was a

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active in the 1960s and 1970s. They acquired

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in 1970 but ran out of money the following year. This was partly because they had paid large cash advances for books they believed would become

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s, such as ''The Anchorman'' by

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. The company was purchased by

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in 1976.

References

Corrick, James A. ''Double Your Pleasure: The Ace SF Double'', Gryphon Books, 1989. 0-936071-13-3. Page 10. Defunct book publishing companies of the United States Publishing companies established in the 1960s {{US-publish-company-stub