Rowman & Littlefield acquired the Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publisher Group’s Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, Limelight Editions, Backbeat Books, and Amadeus Press imprints, along with the titles published under the Hal Leonard imprint. They did not acquire the Hal Leonard name, or the company’s businesses of publishing sheet music and music instructional materials and distributing musical instruments. R&L acquired approximately 3,500 titles in the deal, with Hal Leonard retaining a small set of about 50 books that had been published under the flagship imprint. The acquired Hal Leonard titles will be incorporated into Rowman & Littlefield, and the other imprints will continue […]