Edward Knappman, 67, died last week of an infection of unknown origin that proved resistant to antibiotic. He was president of New England Publishing Associates, a literary agency specializing in non-fiction books, where he worked from for over twenty years with his wife, Elizabeth Frost-Knappman. They retired in 2010 after selling their business to Roger Williams, Managing Director of the Publish or Perish Agency. Prior to 1990, Knappman was publisher and executive vice president of Facts On File.. There he initiated, planned and executed that company’s move from subscription services into reference book publishing, personally acquiring some 400 reference titles. […]