Bantam Books

Summary

Bantam Books is a publishing house^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (174 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bantam Books is in the country of United States^[3].
• Bantam Books's instance of is recorded as publishing house^[4].
• Bantam Books's instance of is recorded as imprint^[5].
• Bantam Books's founder is recorded as Walter B. Pitkin, Jr.^[6].
• Bantam Books's founder is recorded as Ian Ballantine^[7].
• Bantam Books's founder is recorded as Betty Ballantine^[8].
• Bantam Books's owned by is recorded as Random House^[9].
• Bantam Books's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[10].
• Bantam Books's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140757042^[11].
• Bantam Books's GND ID is recorded as 7750151-2^[12].
• Bantam Books's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83120388^[13].
• +1945-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bantam Books^[14].
• Bantam Books's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/072y8c^[15].
• Bantam Books's parent organization or unit is recorded as Random House^[16].
• Bantam Books's official website is recorded as https://www.randomhousebooks.com/imprint/bantam-books/^[17].
• Bantam Books's ISFDB publisher ID is recorded as 25^[18].
• Bantam Books's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01622571n^[19].
• Bantam Books's ISBN publisher prefix is recorded as 978-0-553^[20].
• Bantam Books's NE.se ID is recorded as bantam-books^[21].
• Bantam Books's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher^[22].
• Bantam Books's Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID is recorded as bantam_books^[23].
• Bantam Books's BoardGameGeek game publisher ID is recorded as 5008^[24].
• Bantam Books's Fandom article ID is recorded as memory-alpha:Bantam_Books^[25].
• Bantam Books's Fandom article ID is recorded as memory-beta:Bantam_Books^[26].
• Bantam Books's Fandom article ID is recorded as fr.memory-alpha:Bantam_Books^[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Walter B. Pitkin, Jr.^[6], Ian Ballantine^[7], and Betty Ballantine^[8]. +1945-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bantam Books^[14].

Operations

Bantam Books's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[10]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Random House^[16].

Ownership

Bantam Books's owned by is recorded as Random House^[9].

Why It Matters

Bantam Books ranks in the top 5% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (174 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]