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St. Martin's Press
Parent companyMacmillan Publishers
Founded1952;72 years ago(1952)
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationEquitable Building
120Broadway
New York City,New York10271, U.S.
DistributionMacmillan(US)
Melia Publishing Services (UK)[1]
Key people
ImprintsCastle Point Books, Griffin, Minotaur, St. Martin's Press, St. Martin's Essentials, Wednesday Books
Owner(s)Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck
Official websitestmartins

St. Martin's Pressis a book publisher headquartered inManhattaninNew York City.It is headquartered in theEquitable Building.St. Martin's Press is considered one of the largest English-language publishers,[3]bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under siximprints.

The imprints include St. Martin's Press (mainstream and bestseller books), St. Martin's Griffin (mainstream paperback books, including fiction and nonfiction), Minotaur (mystery,suspense, andthrillers), Castle Point Books (specialty nonfiction), St. Martin's Essentials (lifestyle), and Wednesday Books (young adult fiction).[4]

St. Martin's Press's current editor in chief isGeorge Witte.Jennifer Enderlin was named publisher in 2016.[5]Sally Richardson was appointed Chairman in 2018.[2]

History[edit]

After selling its stake inMacmillan USin 1951,Macmillan Publishersof the UK founded St. Martin's in 1952 and named it afterSt Martin's Lanein London, where Macmillan Publishers was headquartered. St. Martin's acquiredTor-Forge Books(science fiction, fantasy, andthrillers). In 1995, Macmillan was sold toHoltzbrinck Publishers,LLC, a group of publishing companies held by Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck, a family owned publishing concern based inStuttgart,Germany, which also owns publishing houses includingFarrar, Straus and Giroux(of mostly literary fiction),Holt Publishers(literary non-fiction).[6]

Authors published by St. Martin's includeMary Kay Andrews,Casey McQuiston,Bill O'Reilly,C. J. Box,Linda Castillo,Ann Cleeves,Kristin Hannah,Lynda Lopez,Ben Coes,Louise Penny,Nora Roberts,Rainbow Rowell,Ian K. Smith,Sally Hepworth,N. Leigh Dunlap,andJocko Willink.It also publishes theNew York Timescrossword puzzlebooks.

Its textbook division,Bedford-St. Martin's,was founded in 1981. In 1984, St. Martin's became the first major trade-book publisher to release its hardcover books by its in-house mass-market paperback company, St. Martin's Mass Market Paperback Co., Inc.[7]

Imprints[edit]

  • St. Martin's Press (mainstream and bestseller books)[8]
  • St. Martin's Griffin (mainstream trade paperback books, including romance)[9]
  • Minotaur (Mystery, suspense, and thrillers); winners of the St. Martin's Press "Malice Domestic" First Traditional Mystery Contest receive a $10,000 one-book Minotaur publishing contract[10]
  • Castle Point Books (specialty nonfiction)[11]
  • St. Martin's Essentials (Lifestyle)[12]
  • Wednesday Books (young adult fiction)[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Melia Publishing – List of client publishers".RetrievedDecember 27,2017.
  2. ^ab"PW Notable: Sally Richardson".Publishers Weekly.December 3, 2019.
  3. ^"Amazon shares slip; Macmillan titles still missing".The Seattle Times.February 1, 2010. Archived fromthe originalon September 21, 2013.RetrievedSeptember 27,2012.
  4. ^Deahl, Rachel."SMP Launching Crossover Imprint, Wednesday Books".Publishers Weekly.
  5. ^Deahl, Rachel."Enderlin Named EVP and Publisher at St. Martin's Press".Publishers Weekly.
  6. ^Tabor, Mary B. W. (April 12, 1995)."Germans Said to Be Buying British Macmillan".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedNovember 16,2019.
  7. ^"St. Martin's Press".US Macmillan.RetrievedOctober 9,2017.
  8. ^"St. Martin's Press".St. Martin's Press.
  9. ^"Griffin".St. Martin's Griffin.
  10. ^"Minotaur Books".St. Martin's Press.
  11. ^"Castle Point Books".St. Martin's Press.
  12. ^"St. Martin's Essentials".St. Martin's Press.
  13. ^"Wednesaday Books".St. Martin's Press.

External links[edit]

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