John Martin (publisher)

Not to be confused with John Martyn (publisher).

John Martin (October 30, 1930 – June 23, 2025) was an American publisher who founded the Black Sparrow Press. As a publisher, he was best known for his work with Charles Bukowski, John Fante, and Paul Bowles. He was based in Santa Rosa, California.

Martin built a successful office supply business in Los Angeles in the 1960s, eventually becoming the manager of a forty-person operation. He had been a book collector since the age of twenty, eventually amassing a collection of D. H. Lawrence first editions, which he sold to UC Santa Barbara for $50,000 to fund the founding of Black Sparrow Press.

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