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St. Martin's Press was founded in 1952 by Macmillan Publishers of the UK, one year after Macmillan sold its stake in the American firm Macmillan US. It was named after St Martin's Lane in London, where Macmillan Publishers was headquartered.
St. Martin's Press is owned by Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck, a family-owned publishing concern based in Stuttgart, Germany. Macmillan was sold to Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC in 1995.
St. Martin's Press publishes under six imprints: St. Martin's Press (mainstream and bestseller books), St. Martin's Griffin (mainstream trade paperbacks), Minotaur (mystery, suspense, and thrillers), Castle Point Books (specialty nonfiction), St. Martin's Essentials (lifestyle), and Wednesday Books (young adult fiction).
The Malice Domestic First Traditional Mystery Contest is run by St. Martin's Press through its Minotaur imprint. The winner receives a $10,000 one-book publishing contract with Minotaur.
In October 2023, a St. Martin's Press employee's posts about the Gaza war drew criticism from the online book community after a Palestinian BookTok creator posted screenshots of anti-Palestine remarks. Arab and Muslim creators also reported that their requests for titles from the St. Martin's influencer list were regularly denied. A group called Readers for Accountability organized a marketing and promotional boycott; the campaign's petition gathered nearly 10,000 signatures by August 2024.
In 1984, St. Martin's Press became the first major trade-book publisher to release its own hardcover books through its in-house mass-market paperback company, St. Martin's Mass Market Paperback Co., Inc.