Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc. (Corporate Name)

Cannot determine whether DK Publishing, Inc., Dorling Kindersley, Inc., and Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc., all with existing name authority records, represent variants or different names (earlier/later, geographical divisions, etc.)

The Dorling Kindersley visual encyclopedia, 1995: verso of t.p. (Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.)

Phone call to pub., Apr. 10, 1997: (publisher is now using "DK Publishing, Inc." for U.S. publications and "DK Publishing, Ltd." for British publications)

Dorling Kindersley/Merriam Webster children's dictionary, 2000: CIP t.p. (Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.; New York) pub. info. (will indeed revert to using: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.)

Barber, J. Presidents, 2000: t.p. (Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.; New York)

Rome, 1999: panel (DK)

Rome city map, 1999: back panel (Dorling Kindersley)

Its website, 9 Apr 2003 (URL: www.dk.com; logo: DK; Dorling Kindersley Publishing Inc.; DK Publishing; DK Publishing Inc.)

Phone call to company, 9 Apr 2003 (and numerous follow-up calls and e-mails) (Company queried on whether its multiple forms of name (DK Publishing, Inc.; Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.; Dorling Kindersley, Inc.) represent name changes or variants; firm never responded)

Boats, 1992: t.p. (Dorling Kindersley, Inc.; New York); Ultimate pocket flags of the world, 1997: t.p. (DK Publishing, Inc.); Sydney, 2000: t.p. (Dorling Kindersley, Inc.; DK)