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{{short description|American book publisher}}
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{{Infobox publisher
| name         = St. Martin's Press
| image        = St martins press logo.png
| parent       = [[Macmillan Publishers]]
| owner        = [[Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck]]
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| founded      = {{start date and age|1952}}
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| country      = United States
| headquarters = [[Equitable Building (Manhattan)|Equitable Building]]<br />120 [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]]<br />[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] 10271, U.S.
| distribution = [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] (US)<br />Melia Publishing Services (UK)<ref>{{Cite web| title = Melia Publishing – List of client publishers| access-date = December 27, 2017| url = http://www.melia.co.uk/page/publishers/| archive-date = December 27, 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171227123536/http://www.melia.co.uk/page/publishers/| url-status = live}}</ref>
| keypeople    = {{ubl|[[George Witte]]|Sally Richardson<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/82046-pw-notable-sally-richardson.html|title=PW Notable: Sally Richardson|date=December 3, 2019|website=Publishers Weekly|access-date=May 3, 2023|archive-date=May 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503202151/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/82046-pw-notable-sally-richardson.html|url-status=live}}</ref>|Jennifer Enderlin|Andrew Martin|Laura Clark}}
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| imprints     = Castle Point Books, Griffin, Minotaur, St. Martin's Press, St. Martin's Essentials, Wednesday Books
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| url          = {{URL|http://stmartins.com/}}
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'''St. Martin's Press''' is a book publisher headquartered in [[Manhattan]] in [[New York City]]. It is headquartered in the [[Equitable Building (New York City)|Equitable Building]]. St. Martin's Press is considered one of the largest English-language publishers,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2010953622_apusamazonmacmillan1stldwritethru.html |title=Amazon shares slip; Macmillan titles still missing |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=February 1, 2010 |access-date=September 27, 2012 |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921112632/http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2010953622_apusamazonmacmillan1stldwritethru.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under six [[Imprint (trade name)|imprints]]. St. Martin's Press's current editor in chief is [[George Witte]]. Jennifer Enderlin was named publisher in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/70593-enderlin-named-evp-and-publisher-at-st-martin-s.html|title=Enderlin Named EVP and Publisher at St. Martin's Press|first=Rachel|last=Deahl|website=Publishers Weekly|access-date=September 3, 2020|archive-date=August 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820190703/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/70593-enderlin-named-evp-and-publisher-at-st-martin-s.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Sally Richardson was appointed chairman in 2018.<ref name="auto"/>

The imprints include St. Martin's Press (mainstream and bestseller books), St. Martin's Griffin (mainstream paperback books, including fiction and nonfiction), Minotaur ([[Mystery fiction|mystery]], suspense, and [[thrillers]]), Castle Point Books (specialty nonfiction), St. Martin's Essentials (lifestyle), and Wednesday Books ([[young adult fiction]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/71734-smp-launching-crossover-imprint-wednesday-books.html|title=SMP Launching Crossover Imprint, Wednesday Books|first=Rachel|last=Deahl|website=Publishers Weekly|access-date=September 3, 2020|archive-date=August 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822205136/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/71734-smp-launching-crossover-imprint-wednesday-books.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== History ==
After selling its stake in [[Macmillan US]] in 1951, [[Macmillan Publishers]] of the UK founded St. Martin's in 1952 and named it after [[St Martin's Lane]] in London, where Macmillan Publishers was headquartered. St. Martin's acquired [[Tor Books|Tor-Forge Books]] (science fiction, fantasy, and [[thrillers]]). In 1995, Macmillan was sold to [[Holtzbrinck Publishers]], LLC, a group of publishing companies held by Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck, a family owned publishing concern based in [[Stuttgart]], Germany, which also owns publishing houses including [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]] (of mostly literary fiction) and [[Henry Holt and Company|Holt Publishers]] (literary non-fiction).<ref>{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Tabor| first = Mary B. W.| title = Germans Said to Be Buying British Macmillan| work = The New York Times| access-date = November 16, 2019| date = April 12, 1995| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/12/business/germans-said-to-be-buying-british-macmillan.html| archive-date = March 15, 2023| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230315034655/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/12/business/germans-said-to-be-buying-british-macmillan.html| url-status = live}}</ref>

Authors published by St. Martin's include [[Mary Kay Andrews]], [[Casey McQuiston]], [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|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]], and [[Jocko Willink]]. It also publishes the ''New York Times'' [[crossword puzzle]] books. 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://us.macmillan.com/publishers/st-martins-press/|title=St. Martin's Press|work=US Macmillan|access-date=October 9, 2017|archive-date=October 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009200657/https://us.macmillan.com/publishers/st-martins-press/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2023, a St. Martin's Press employee's posts regarding the [[Gaza war]] drew the attention of the online book community. A Palestinian member of [[BookTok]] posted a video demonstrating screenshots of the employee's anti-Palestine remarks. She also observed that despite being on the influencer list managed by St. Martin's Press, her requests for titles were regularly denied or ignored, while white creators seemed to have no issue receiving requested books, an experience that was shared by many of her fellow Arab and Muslim creators. In response, the community group Readers for Accountability formed to encourage a marketing and promotional boycott modeled off of the [[2022–2023 HarperCollins strike|HarperCollins union strike]]. The campaign's petition, which calls for St. Martin's Press to address the employee's statements, as well as how they would support Arab and Palestinian creators moving forward, received more than 8,000 signatures by January 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ishak |first=Natasha |date=2024-01-18 |title=BIPOC book creators call out Islamophobia at St. Martin's Press |url=http://prismreports.org/2024/01/18/bipoc-book-creators-boycott-st-martins-press/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Prism Reports |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119170620/https://prismreports.org/2024/01/18/bipoc-book-creators-boycott-st-martins-press/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and nearly 10,000 by August 2024.<ref name="PWcontroversy">{{Cite web |last=Milliot |first=Jim |title=St. Martin's Press Responds to Marketing Controversy |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/95760-st-martin-s-press-responds-to-marketing-controversy.html |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820190643/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/95760-st-martin-s-press-responds-to-marketing-controversy.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In August 2024, concerns on influencer privacy were discussed when a PR box sent to influencers from St. Martin's Press included a sex toy, which influencers were not aware would be included. Many related this back to Readers for Accountability's concerns of influencer privacy and safety.<ref name="PWcontroversy" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Author Casey McQuiston under fire for sex toy PR package |url=https://www.pride.com/books/casey-mcquiston-pr-package-controversy |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Pride.com}}</ref>

== Imprints ==
* St. Martin's Press, mainstream and bestseller books.<ref>{{cite web|website=St. Martin's Press|url=https://us.macmillan.com/publishers/st-martins-press/|title=St. Martin's Press|access-date=October 9, 2017|archive-date=October 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009200657/https://us.macmillan.com/publishers/st-martins-press/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* St. Martin's Griffin, mainstream trade paperback books, including romance.<ref>{{cite web|website=St. Martin's Griffin|url=https://us.macmillan.com/publishers/st-martins-press/#griffin|title=Griffin|access-date=May 7, 2019|archive-date=April 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421000438/https://us.macmillan.com/publishers/st-martins-press/#griffin|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 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.<ref>{{cite web|website=St. Martin's Press|url=https://us.macmillan.com/publishers/st-martins-press/#minotaur/|title=Minotaur Books|access-date=September 3, 2020|archive-date=September 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920105705/https://us.macmillan.com/publishers/st-martins-press#minotaur/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Castle Point Books, specialty nonfiction.<ref>{{cite web|website=St. Martin's Press|url=https://us.macmillan.com/publishers/st-martins-press/#castle-point-books/|title=Castle Point Books|access-date=September 3, 2020|archive-date=August 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820190645/https://us.macmillan.com/publishers/st-martins-press/#castle-point-books/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* St. Martin's Essentials, lifestyle.<ref>{{cite web|website=St. Martin's Press|url=https://us.macmillan.com/publishers/st-martins-press/#st-martins-essentials/|title=St. Martin's Essentials|access-date=September 3, 2020|archive-date=September 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920105705/https://us.macmillan.com/publishers/st-martins-press#st-martins-essentials/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Wednesday Books, young adult fiction.<ref>{{cite web|website=St. Martin's Press|url=https://us.macmillan.com/publishers/st-martins-press/#wednesday-books/|title=Wednesaday Books}}</ref>

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==External links==
* {{official website|http://stmartins.com/}}

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