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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oscar Dystel, who as head of Bantam Books rescued his company and helped revolutionize the publishing industry by bringing paperback editions of “The Catcher in the Rye,” “Jaws” and other top sellers ...

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 ...

When Bantam Doubleday Dell ships the last order from its Des Plaines-based book distribution facilities in June 2000, it will end its long history in the northwest suburbs. Books by Danielle Steel, ...

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 ...