Editing Jason Epstein (section)

== Publications ==
{{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?161891-1/book-business-publishing-past-present-future ''Booknotes'' interview with Epstein on ''Book Business: Publishing Past, Present and Future'', 2001], [[C-SPAN]]}}
His essays and reviews have appeared in ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'', ''[[The New York Review of Books]]'', and ''[[Condé Nast Traveler]]'', among other publications. He is the author of the following books:
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=X0uTftdQGYIC ''Book Business: Publishing Past, Present and Future'']. W. W. Norton & Company (2001) {{ISBN|978-0393049848}} 
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=EwQyEAAAQBA ''Eating: A Memoir'']. A. A. Knopf (2010) {{ISBN|978-1400078257}}
* [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0394727363/ ''East Hampton: A History and Guide''] (with Elizabeth Barlow) Random House (1985)  {{ISBN|978-0394727363}} 
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=9sjMctIRCkUC ''The Great Conspiracy Trial: An Essay on Law, Liberty, and the Constitution'']. Random House (1970) {{ISBN|978-0394419060}}

In his book, ''Book Business: Publishing Past, Present, and Future'', Epstein writes about working in the New York offices of Random House. He tells of: [[W. H. Auden]] delivering the manuscript of ''[[The Dyer's Hand]]'' in a torn overcoat and slippers; [[Dr. Seuss]] reciting ''[[Green Eggs and Ham]]'' to the staff; [[Terry Southern]] writing scenes for ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'' on a wooden table in the basement; a diffident Andy Warhol [[Bowing#In Europe and the Commonwealth|bowing and scraping]] to Epstein; [[John O'Hare]] showing off his Rolls-Royce in the courtyard; and [[Ralph Ellison]] smoking a cigar in Epstein's office and using his hands to explain "how [[Thelonious Monk]] developed his chords."<ref name="Epstein2002">{{Cite book |last=Epstein |first=Jason |title=Book Business: Publishing Past, Present, and Future |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-393-32234-7 |pages=5–6 |language=en |chapter=The Rattle of Pebbles |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X0uTftdQGYIC&pg=PA5}}</ref>

E.L. Doctorow's [[Billy Bathgate]] was decidated to Epstein.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jason Epstein: Publishing Icon, Perennial Student &#124; Washington Independent Review of Books |url=https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/index.php/features/jason-epstein-e2809949-publishing-icon-perennial-student |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213014430/https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/index.php/features/jason-epstein-e2809949-publishing-icon-perennial-student |archive-date=December 13, 2022 |access-date=December 13, 2022 |website=www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com}}</ref>