[4] By 1970, a small scholarly monograph program was established and Robert Hagelstein, formerly with the Johnson Reprint Corporation, a division of Academic Press, was hired as Vice President.

During those twenty-seven years, the press wound down its reprint activities diverting its focus to new scholarly, reference, and professional books.

That same year the press initiated its Quorum Books imprint, which published professional titles in business and law.

In addition, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt would also transfer certain assets, including copyrights, contracts and inventory, of Greenwood Publishing Group to ABC-Clio.

[8][9] The 88 Post Road West office in Westport, Connecticut was closed as a result, with layoffs scheduled to begin in first week in December 2008.