What is Jason Epstein?
{{Infobox person | name = | image = Jason Epstein 2 NBCC 2011 Shankbone.jpg | caption = Epstein in 2011 | birth_name = Jason Wolkow Epstein | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|08|25|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|2|4|1928|8|25|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Sag Harbor, New York]], U.S. | occupation = Editor | education = [[Columbia University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts]]) | relatives = | known_for = | parents = | spouse = [[Barbara Epstein|Barbara Zimmerman]] (divorced)<br> {{married|[[Judith Miller (journalist)|Judith Miller]]|1993}} | children = ''with Zimmerman:''<br>--Jacob Epstein<br> --Helen Epstein | citizenship = United States | family = [[Bill Miller (impresario)|Bill Miller]] (father-in-law)<br> [[Jimmy Miller]] (brother-in-law) }} '''Jason Wolkow Epstein''' (August 25, 1928 – February 4, 2022) was an American editor and publisher. In 1950, he began working for [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]. In 1958 Epstein left Doubleday to join [[Random House]] where he was editorial director until his retirement in 1999. In 2004, he co-founded [[On Demand Books]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Epstein|first1=Jason|title=Book Business|date=January 2001|publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]]|isbn=978-0393049848|url=https://archive.org/details/bookbusinesspubl00epst_0}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Dinitia|title=A Vision for Books That Exults in Happenstance|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/13/books/a-vision-for-books-that-exults-in-happenstance.html?scp=12&sq=Robert%20Denning&st=cse|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 31, 2001}}</ref> Epstein died on February 4, 2022, at his home in [[Sag Harbor, New York]] from [[congestive heart failure]] at the age of 93.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jason Epstein, Editor and Publishing Innovator, Is Dead at 93|newspaper=The New Yo