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In 1958 Methuen was part of the conglomerate Associated Book Publishers (ABP), and for much of the 1970s was known as Eyre Methuen following its absorption of the Eyre & Spottiswoode firm. When ABP was acquired by the Thomson Organization in 1987, it sold off the trade publishing units, including Methuen, to Reed International's Octopus. Reed sold off its trade publishing to Random House in February 1997. Methuen Drama bought itself out in 1998. That same year, Reed sold Methuen's children's catalogue to the Egmont Group. Methuen continues to publish new works of fiction and non-fiction, as well as reprinting older, classic works.