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A list of those works excluded by the publisher for this particular licence is shown below.

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Excluded Publishers

Publisher Name
DC Thomson and Company Limited
Local World Limited
AMBASSADOR PRODUCTIONS LTD
THE COCKTAIL LOVERS LTD
GEOGRAPHICAL PUBLICATIONS LTD
LLEWINLLYN-WESTLAKE
British Broadcasting Corporation
Economist
PORTHILL PUBLISHERS
Gatehouse Media Limited
KNIGHTON ENTERPRISES LTD
CHAPTER 3 PUBLICATIONS
Cegedim Dendrite Limited
POLITICAL QUARTERLY PUBLISHING CO LTD
LINEWRIGHTS LTD
GAMES WORKSHOP LTD
ALHANI INTERNATIONAL BOOKS LTD
21 PUBLISHING LTD
POPPYLAND PUBLISHING
POMEGRANATE EUROPE LTD
INTERNATIONAL GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATION
Fall Press
AIR TRANSPORT & TRAVEL INDUSTRY TRAINING
HEALTH INSIGHTS 4U LIMITED
LIBRIS LTD
Organic Apocalypse
Creditflux Limited
AJK LTD
Gibson Square Books Limited
THIRD WORLD FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION TEACHING RESOURCES
CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANT PUBLICATIONS
Leicestershire Adult Learning Service
TAYLOR GRAHAM
PLUNKETT FOUND FOR CO-OP STUDIES
RENEWS LTD
Midland News Association Limited
Canal and River Trust
PINKFOOT PRESS
Newton Media
CAR PR Ltd
Glass and Glazing Federation
AEA TECHNOLOGY
TARANIS BOOKS
GRANDREAMS LTD
LCD Publishing Limited
WATER MANAGEMENT SOCIETY
T.H.C.L. BOOKS
CITYWIRE FINANCIAL PUBLISHERS
TADPOLE BOOKS LTD
PHILOGRAPH PUBLICATIONS LTD
Advance Materials Limited
LEARNING TOGETHER
Havers Directories Limited
VIOLET PUBLISHING LTD
PHOTOBOOK INFORMATION SERVICE LTD
Safkhet Books Limited
ARGUS MEDIA LIMITED
STAKEHOLDER SATISFACTION
SYNON EUROPE LTD
Ditchley Foundation
Forestry Journal Limited
SUCCESS! PUBLICATIONS, ROTHERHAM
RA Media Limited
LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
LAMP PUBLISHING HOUSE
Black Ox Limited
LANCASHIRE COUNTY BOOKS
ADDISON-CHILD PETER
Indiana University Press - Office of Scholarly Publishing
WORLD EDUCATION FELLOWSHIP
RIDGEHILL PUBLISHING
SYMPOSIUM LTD
FINANCIAL TIMES PHARMACEUTICAL
Financial Times Business Limited
Practical Law Company Limited
TQM INTERNATIONAL LTD
Campaign Against Arms Trade
Drivemedia Limited
STOCKWELL (ARTHUR H) LTD
ASSOCIATION FOR THE TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY
Stone Leisure Limited
CAMBRIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOC
Legalease Limited
Institute for Learning
NATIONAL BACK EXCHANGE
KINGSTON BUSINESS SCHOOL
Feed The Minds
KINGSFLEET PUBLISHING
Den of Geek
Victor Bertolaccini
CAFOD
STAGECOACH EDUCATIONAL COURSE FOR THE UN
STAFFORDSHIRE LIBRARIES, ARTS AND ARCHIV
TRADE AND TARIFFS RESEARCH
ST MICHAEL'S ABBEY PRESS
PALLADIAN PUBLICATIONS LTD
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
OXFORD PSYCHOLOGISTS PRESS
Proprietary Association of Great Britain
RIGHTS OF WAY LAW REVIEW
YOUNG CHRISTIAN WORKERS
KARNAK HOUSE
KARIA PRESS
KAYECORP LTD
BURGESS (JOHN) PUBLICATIONS
SRHE & NFER-NELSON
BUTTERICK COMPANY LTD
EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE PUB. LTD
PLANNING INSPECTORATE
Merlin Legal Publishing
Raconteur Media Ltd
Association of First Division Civil Servants
ECCH
BSA PUBLICATIONS LTD
SOVEREIGN WORLD LTD
OVUM LTD
JOSEPH (RICHARD) PUBLISHERS LTD
Nature in Cambridgeshire
BUNAC TRAVEL SERVICES LTD
BROOKLANDS BOOKS
CHIPPYCHAT LTD
Newsquest Specialist Media Limited
British Glass Manufacturers Confederation Limited
Abela Publishing
JOHN BROWN PUBLISHING
CRU Publishing Limited
INSURANCE INSIDER, THE
Euromoney Institutional Investor plc
Great War Literature Publishing LLP
Guild Press
EUROMONITOR PUBLICATIONS LTD
JASPER PUBLISHING
Frieze
EXCALIBUR PRESS OF LONDON
Institute of Money Advisers
SOFTBACKS
ESTATE PUBLICATIONS
LEGAL & COMMERICAL PUBLISHING
Doc Brown's Chemistry Clinic
Spirax-Sarco Limited
PILGRIM PRESS LTD
ORDNANCE SURVEY
NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY PLANNING DEPARTMENT
PHONIC BLEND SYSTEMS LTD
PSYCHOTHERAPY CENTRE
BRITISH TELECOM
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
Mergermarket Limited
Spindlewood
SCOTTISH TOURIST BOARD
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
ERNST & YOUNG
JAMES PIKE LTD
SUNDANCER LTD
Islamic Cultural Centre
TAKEOVER PANEL
OLD STILE PRESS
ANBAR PUBLICATIONS LTD
Radge Media Limited
Office of Health Economics
NURSING NOTES LTD
Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation
ENGINEERING COUNCIL
Social History Curators Group
OBSERVER LTD
OCARINA WORKSHOP PUBLICATIONS
YORE PUBLICATIONS
NOVELLO & CO LTD
EMERY (GORDON)
NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY PUBLISHERS
Joseph Biddulph
Captive Animals’ Protection Society
INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION
EMISSARY PUBLISHING
INTERSCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS LTD
BRITISH INDUSTRIAL PUBLICITY OVERSEAS
NORTHERN IRELAND HOUSING EXECUTIVE
ENCOUNTER LTD
Numerical Algorithms Group Limited
X-LING PRESS LTD
INTERNATIONAL POWDER INSTITUTE
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY LIBRARY
National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners Limited
British Institute of Professional Photography
ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND - ACTION ON DEMENTIA
ELM PUBLICATIONS
International Maritime Organization
JOINT INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMMITTEE
SMART CARD NEWS LTD
AJL TAJIR TRUST
China Britain Business Council
EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION ENTERPR
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN
Night Shift Enterprises Limited
WORKING PRESS
EETAS PUBLICATIONS
WORDS PRESS
Department for Work and Pensions
Ireland's Homes Interiors & Living Magazine
NISHEN (DIRK) PUBLISHING LTD
Kantos Media Limited
SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL EDUCATION DEPARTM
NEWSWEEK INC
WOODFIELD PUBLISHING
INSURANCE INSTITUTE OF LONDON
Independent News and Media Limited
ZigZag Education
WOODSTOCK BOOKS
WOOLF (CECIL)
WINCHESTER GALLERY
NEW WINE PRESS
WINCHESTER GROUP
BRISTOL NATURALISTS' SOCIETY
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
SHEEN PUBLISHING LTD
Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators
NEW FICTION
NETWORK PUBLISHING LTD
Country Gentlemen's Association Limited
ICE CREAM ALLIANCE
WILLIAM CURTIS LTD
Infopro Digital Services Limited
ANCHOR TRUST
University of York Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
WIDE SKIRT PRESS
NEW CITY
SELDEN SOCIETY
DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD SCHEME
CHANNEL 21 INTERNATIONAL
NATURETREK EDUCATIONAL BOOKS
2A Publishing Limited
INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC BANKING & FINANCE
WILD SWAN PUBLICATIONS LTD
SCRIPTUM EDITIONS
HARRAP
Absolute Horse
Hotcourses Limited
NATIONAL UNION OF THE DEAF
Museums Galleries Scotland
BOOSEY & HAWKES MUSIC PUB LTD
WHITEHALL PRESS LTD
Roger Barber Publishing
NATIONAL MONEY ADVICE TRAINING UNIT
WESTMINSTER MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD
NATIONAL PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCI
BOOK CASTLE, THE
STRATEGIC MEDICAL PUBLISHING
SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE FOUNDATION
WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD
Agricultural Law Association
DEESON GROUP
Insider Publications Limited
WELLSWEEP PRESS
DEVON FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
INDEPENDENT BROADCASTING AUTHO
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Noble Rot
Richard Webb Publisher
ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UN
HowToMoodle Limited
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL
WAREHAM BEAR PUBLICATIONS
SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND
DERBYSHIRE COUNTRYSIDE LTD
AUDIO PUBLISHING LTD
WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC LTD
British Toy and Hobby Association
SAYERS PUBLISHING GROUP
NATIONAL ASSOC. OF PROFESSORS
RUSLAN LTD
BEYOND THE RISING SUN PUBLICATIONS
Ravinder Gill
MMG Publishing Limited
WALSALL EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES SUPPORT UNIT
IMAGES (BOOK SALES & DISTRIBUTION) LTD
NATIONAL ASSN FOR MULTI-RACIAL EDUC
Tomorrows Guides Limited
Fauna and Flora International
Business Network UK Limited
Aberlour Press Limited
PharmaVentures
ICR PUBLISHERS LTD
MURRAY (KEITH)
RYDER PUBLISHING
Cake Masters Limited
VOLUNTEER CENTRE UK
GEM Motoring Assist Limited
DEFIANT PUBLICATIONS
Science and Technology Facilities Council
VIDEO ARTS LTD
RUNPAST PUBLISHING
DALEBANK BOOKS
Hyde Publications
DALTON (TERENCE) LTD
MOTOROLA LTD
Institute of Islamic banking and Insurance (IIBI)
AJ Bell Media Limited
MSR BOOKS
RSA EXAMINATIONS BOARD
BEE VEE PROMOTIONS LTD
Wigmore Medical Limited
Stage Media Company Limited
BRITISH POLIO FELLOWSHIP
Shelley Power Literary Agency Limited
Caister Academic Press Limited
NATIONAL VEGETABLE SOCIETY
MORRIGAN PUBLICATIONS
MINTEL INTERNATIONAL GROUP LTD
Reach Publishing Services Limited
Murray and Sorrell Fuel Limited
CROWTHER (G.L)
BARTON (DAVID)
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, CENTRE FOR URBAN &
ROYAL ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER
Aspermont Media Limited
UNIVERSITY OF WALES COLLEGE OF CARDIFF
RMS PUBLISHING
Business Travel News Limited
CUBE PUBLICATIONS
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS
SING TAO (UK) LTD
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
News UK and Ireland Limited
BAKER (DR.D.M.)
MILES ARNOLD LTD
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, DEPT OF TOWN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
ROWAN YARNS LTD
Birmingham City Council
Storysack Limited
METRO ENTERPRISES LTD
ROSENEATH SCIENTIFIC PUB
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCAST UPON TYNE CEN
RJ Chapman
ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY (ACB)
ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD - PITT RIVERS MUSEUM
MID-ANTRIM HISTORICAL GROUP
Knot Worldwide
MERSEYSIDE AREA PROFILE GROUP
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
ROLLS ROYCE
British Association of Dramatherapists
COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
De La Salle Brothers
Pageant Media Limited
HENLEY - THE MANAG COLLEGE
AVANTI BOOKS
World of Yachts and Boats Limted
UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD
Fizzy Funny Fuzzy
MU ASSASAT AL-QUDS AL-ARABI LIL-NASHR
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
University of North Carolina Press
COSMATOM
CONVENTION OF SCOTTISH LOCAL AUTHORITIES
HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT BROKERS
MDE PUBLICATIONS
LAWS Publishing Limited
Glasgow Council For Voluntary Service
UNIV OF EDINBURGH, CTRE FOR THEOLOGY
HEARING EYE
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, AGRICULTURAL ECONO
RENTOKIL (ASSOCIATED BUSINESS PRESS)
LEARN TO CARE
ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF MANAGEMENT
HAYES PRESS
MCCARTA
ASSOCIATION OF CRICKET STATISTICIANS
MCCARTA LTD
MARWOOD
REDBECK PRESS
ESDU
Dow Jones and Company
HARPERS
William Reed Limited
COMPUTER WEEKLY PUBLICATIONS
Trafford Media & Communications Limited
Readers Digest Association Limited
MARKET GUIDES LTD
DACTYL PUBLISHING
REAM LTD
CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE LTD
Society of Public Information Networks
RAILWAY CORRESPONDENCE & TRAVEL SOCIETY
UNILEVER ED LIAISON
Clear Sky Publishing
International Air Transport Association
MARCHAM MANOR PRESS
ASIATIC MAGNAPRINT
HAMILTON PRESS (CARDIFF)
Trinity Long Room Hub
ASR RESOURCES
HPCi Media Limited
ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC
Cecile Park Publishing Limited
HALBAN (PETER) PUBLISHERS LTD
MANCHESTER OPEN LEARNING
BEN & BETTY LTD
Ashford Buchan & Enright
UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
Boatshop 24 Ltd
BCINSIGHT
UCAS
Royal Airforces Association
Graffito Books Ltd
TULIP PUBLICATIONS
PEST CONTROL NEWS LTD
STONE CROSS PUBLISHING
ICC BUSINESS RATIOS LTD
Chameleon Business Media
CLOTH BUSINESS BOOKS
MACE COMPUTER SERVICES
Family Law Bar Association
Johnston Publishing Limited
TRINDER (VERA)LTD
LYSTER (THOMAS) LTD
Publishing Training Centre
Legacy Magazines Ltd
Punch Limited
UNION OF LIBERAL AND PROGRESSIVE SYNAGOGUES
CLAYTON-WRAY PUBLICATIONS LTD
TRAIL CREST PUBLICATIONS
AQA
Gowland & Co
Alpha International
PROFESSIONAL PUBLISHERS BOX CLOSED
ARCHIVE EDITIONS
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM
APEX CENTRE, THE
ROTHERHAM
PROJECTION 2000
APPLIED MARKET INFORMATION LTD
APOLLO PRESS LTD
PROBUS PUBLISHING CO
AQUA-MEDIA INTERNATIONAL LTD
INDEPENDENT TELEVISION COMMISSION
ARAB-BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WOODLAND TRUST
Incisive Business Media Limited
Times Newspapers Limited
GORDON & BREACH SCIENCE PUBLIS
Gourmet Guide
CHECKMATE PUBLICATIONS
LOFTHOUSE PUBLICATIONS
A.W & C BARSBY
CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS ASSOC
Business of Fashion Limited
TIDY BRITAIN GROUP
Tadley Ewing Publications
Scottish Business Information Service
HeadStart Primary Limited
PEI Media Limited
CHILDWALL UNIVERSITY PRESS
Bowhead Media Limited
Cairngorm Club
SKI CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN