Peter Mayer

Peter M. Mayer (b. 1936) is an American independent publisher who is president of The Overlook Press/Peter Mayer Publishers, Inc., a Woodstock, New York - based publishing company he founded with his father in 1971.cite web
last = New York Center for Independent Publishing
title = Peter Mayer to be Honored at 2007 NYCIP Benefit
url=http://nycip.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/peter-mayer-to-be-honored-at-2007-nycip-benefit/ | accessdate = 2008-06-06 ] At the time of Overlook’s founding, Mayer was head of Avon Books, a large New York - based paperback publisher.cite web
last = Forbes.com
title = Profile: Peter Mayer
url=http://science-educat…
accessdate = 2008-06-06] From 1978 to 1996, Mayer was CEO of Penguin Books, where he introduced a flexible style in editorial, marketing, and production . [cite web
last = Penguin Books, Ltd
title = About Penguin: Company History
url=http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/packages/uk/aboutus/history.html
accessdate = 2008-06-06] Previously, while at Avon Books, Mayer successfully launched the trade paperback as a viable alternative to mass market and hardcover formats. Recently, Mayer financially revived both Ardis, a publisher of Russian literature in English, and Duckworth an independent publishing house in the U.K.

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[http://www.overlookpress.com/about.php The Overlook Press: About Us]