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Bantam Books is an American publishing house owned entirely by parent company Random House, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House; it is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group.
On the nonfiction side, Bantam is known for excellence in science, military history, and sports. We have proudly published bestselling writers such as Stephen Hawking, Daniel Coyle, Adam Makos, and James Hornfischer.
Meet the editors and publishers of Ballantine, Bantam, and Delacorte/Dell imprints, who oversee bestselling and critically acclaimed fiction and nonfiction authors. Learn about their editorial vision, passions, and backgrounds in this web page.
Today the Bantam Dell group is publishing fantastic, award- winning Science Fiction and Fantasy, including works by Samuel R. Delaney and R.A. MacAvoy. Some of the more familiar Bantam imprints are: Spectra, Dell, and The Dial Press.
Our list is comprised of several imprints, including Ballantine, Bantam, Dell, and Delacorte. Ballantine was founded in 1952 by legendary publishers Ian and Betty Ballantine. From the beginning, we have sought out authors whose work is defined by the intersection of quality and wide appeal.
In 1988, portions of the firm became part of the Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, which in turn became a division of Random House in 1998. Doubleday was combined in a group with Broadway Books, Anchor Books was combined with Vintage Books as a division of Knopf, while Bantam and Dell became a separate group.
Doubleday was sold to Bertelsmann, AG, a Germany-based worldwide communications company in 1986. In 1988 it became part of the Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group which went on to acquire and become a division of Random House Inc. in 1998.
