SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

August 13, 2004

Date of report (date of earliest event reported)

HM PUBLISHING CORP.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

(Exact name of registrants as specified in their charters)

Delaware Massachusetts	333-110720 333-105746	13-4265843 04-1456030
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	Commission File Number	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

222 Berkeley Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(617) 351-5000

(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits

99.01 Press release dated August 13, 2004 announcing Registrants’ results for the quarter ended June 30, 2004.

Item 9. (Information Provided Under Item 12, Disclosure of Results of Operations and Financial Condition).

The information contained in this Item 9 is furnished pursuant to Item 12 of Form 8-K “Results of Operations and Financial Condition,” in accordance with SEC Release No. 33-8216. This information and the exhibits hereto are being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of, or otherwise regarded as filed under, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The information contained in this report shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of Registrant with the SEC, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings.

On August 13, 2004, the Registrants issued a press release announcing their financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.01.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: August 13, 2004

HM PUBLISHING CORP.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
By:	/s/ STEPHEN RICHARDS
	Stephen Richards
	Executive Vice President, Chief Operating
	Officer, and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT LIST

99.01 Press release dated August 13, 2004 announcing Registrants’ results for the quarter ended June 30, 2004.