Esther Margolis

Esther Margolis

Esther Margolis is president and majority owner of Newmarket Publishing and Communications and Newmarket Press. Prior to Newmarket, Margolis spent 17 years at Bantam Books where she served as its first senior vice president for marketing, publicity and communications. [http://www.newmarketpress.com]

Early and Personal Life

Margolis was born in Detroit, Michigan. She earned her B.A. in Education and M.A. in English from the University of Michigan. Margolis is married to Dr. Stanley Fisher. Fisher is a psychologist and author of "Discovering The Power of Self-Hypnosis." Margolis currently resides in both New York City and Amagansett, Long Island. [http://www.newmarketpress.com]

Career

While at Bantam, Margolis worked with such authors as Maya Angelou, Gore Vidal, and Gail Sheehy (among others). Additionally, she worked on the campaigns that established "The Guinness Book of World Records." Margolis discovered a variety of different ways to promote books in the media, as well as with booksellers.

Newmarket Press, now in its 25th year, has released over 300 books since 1982 and continues to publish about 30 books a year.

In addition to her work at Newmarket, she also lectures at universities and serves on the Trade Executive Committee of the American Association of Publishers. [http://www.newmarketpress.com]

ee also

*Newmarket Press, a page on the independent publisher

External links

* [http://www.newmarketpress.com New Market Press' Web site]


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