During his quarter century as president of Bantam Books, Oscar Dystel was the most successful publisher—ever—of mass market paperbacks. He was one of the greatest stars of 20th-century book publishing ...

Fred Klein, who helped make Bantam Books a major force in mass market paperback publishing in the 1960s and 1970s, died on October 22. He was 97. Klein is credited by many as being one of the pioneers ...

Bantam Books has paid close to $45 million for four new novels by Tim Lahaye, a Baptist pastor and co-author of a series of apocalyptic Christian novels that have sold in numbers that rival those of ...

Noted civil rights attorney Ben Crump has inked a seven-figure deal to author a series of crime novels for Bantam Books. Under the deal, Bantam Books will publish the first two installments of a crime ...

The founder of both Bantam Books Inc. and Ballantine Books, Ian Ballantine has been called “the father of the mass-market paperback.” A literary visionary, unafraid to take chances on new writers, he ...

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BANTAM >> Dickens Books & Art opened at the Old Switch Factory last Sunday, in the space previously occupied by the White Room. The shop, named after famous author Charles Dickens, will feature a ...

NEW YORK — Oscar Dystel — who combined sharp editorial judgments, shrewd marketing, and attention-grabbing covers to propel Bantam Books from the brink of collapse to preeminence in paperback ...