Oscar Dystel (October 31, 1912 – May 28, 2014) was an American publisher and paperback books pioneer whose firm Bantam Books published bestselling paperback editions of Catcher in the Rye, Jaws and Ragtime among many others.[1] His management made Bantam the main publisher of mass-market paperbacks.[1]
a leader of the paperbacks market who transformed Bantam Books into a prolific powerhouse that released best-selling editions