Dalmatian Press Buys Intervisual
by Jim Milliot, PW Daily -- Publishers Weekly, 7/28/2006
Dalmatian Press has emerged has the winner in the sweepstakes to acquire Intervisual Books. Dalmatian paid about $9.6 milion to acquire the children’s book publisher, which filed for bankruptcy protection in May. Dalmatian’s bid topped an early offer of just over $7 million made by Educational Development Corp. Random House was also interested in acquiring Intervisual.
Based in Franklin, Tenn., Dalmatian is best known for publishing children’s coloring and activity books. Dalmatian is a unit of Anderson Press, which in turn is affiliated with Books-A-Million.
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