Esther Margolis
Esther Margolis is an American publisher, and 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.
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. She was married to Dr. Stanley Fisher—a psychologist and the author of Discovering The Power of Self-Hypnosis—until his death in 2009. Margolis currently resides in both New York City and Amagansett, Long Island.
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 Guinness 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.