The Overlook Press is an American publishing house based in New York, New York which considers itself "a home for distinguished books that had been 'overlooked' by larger houses".
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| Parent company | Abrams Books |
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| Founded | 1971 |
| Founder | Peter Mayer |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York, New York |
| Publication types | Books |
| Imprints | Ardis, Duckworth |
| Official website | abramsbooks.com |
History and operations
editThe Overlook Press was formed in 1971 by Peter Mayer who had worked at Avon and Penguin Books, where he was chief executive officer from 1978 to 1998.[1]
Overlook has more than one thousand titles in print, including fiction, history, biography, drama, and design. Their publishing program consists of nearly 100 new books per year, evenly divided between hardcovers and trade paperbacks. Imprints include Tusk Books, whose format was designed by Milton Glaser.[1]
In 2002, Overlook acquired Ardis Publishing, a publisher of Russian literature in English. Overlook also took ownership of the British publishing company Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd.[1]
In 2007, Overlook's publisher Peter Mayer was the recipient of the New York Center for Independent Publishing's Poor Richard Award for outstanding contributions to independent book publishing.[2]
Mayer died in 2018, and Abrams Books purchased The Overlook Press. Abrams is part of French publisher La Martinière Groupe.[3]
Authors
editWriters whose works were published by Overlook include:
- Elizabeth Abbott
- Edward Albee
- Katie Arnoldi
- Ken Auletta
- Paul Auster
- R. Scott Bakker
- Walter R. Brooks
- Paul Cartledge
- David Churbuck
- Robert Coover
- John Crowley
- David Crystal
- Charles Dickens
- R. J. Ellory
- Max Frei
- Milton Glaser
- W. F. Hermans
- Susan Hill
- P. F. Kluge
- Robert Littell
- Raymond Loewy
- David Mamet
- Charles McCarry
- Joseph McElroy
- Walter Moers
- Bárbara Mujica
- Jim Nisbet
- Mervyn Peake
- Tito Perdue
- Charles Portis
- John Cowper Powys
- Peter Quinn
- Joseph Roth
- Tarn Richardson
- Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
- André Schwarz-Bart
- Gerald Seymour
- Harry Sidebottom
- Alain Silver
- Nigel Slater
- Ludmila Ulitskaya
- Edgardo Vega Yunqué
- Penny Vincenzi
- Les Walker
- P. G. Wodehouse
- Richard Zimler
- Brad Gooch
- Robert Zorn
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c The Overlook Press web site. "About Us". Archived from the original on April 15, 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2008.
- ^ "Overlook Press Publisher to Be Honored" (press release). Beneath the Cover. November 26, 2007.
- ^ "Abrams Acquires Peter Mayer's the Overlook Press". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved October 14, 2018.