Blackwell Publishing buys college textbook company

Blackwell Publishing, a Malden company that prints books and journals for professional and academic societies, said today that it bought textbook publisher Brandywine Press for an undisclosed amount.

Brandywine, based in Maplecrest, N.Y., specializes in college textbooks on American history and literature. Blackwell said it will add Brandywine's 55 history textbooks to its portfolio.
(By Keith Reed, Globe staff)