What is Peter Mayer?
'''Peter Michael Mayer''' (March 28, 1936 – May 11, 2018) was a [[United Kingdom|British]]-born [[Americans|American]] publisher. He was born in [[London]]. Mayer was president of [[The Overlook Press|The Overlook Press/Peter Mayer Publishers, Inc.]], a [[Woodstock, New York]]-based publishing company he founded with his father in 1971.<ref name=Indie>{{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/ | access-date = 6 June 2008 }}</ref> At the time of Overlook’s founding, Mayer was head of [[Avon (publishers)|Avon Books]], a large [[New York, New York|New York]]-based paperback publisher.<ref name=Forbes>{{cite web | last = Forbes.com | title = Profile: Peter Mayer | url = https://www.forbes.com/profile/peter-mayer/ | access-date = 8 August 2014 | archive-date = 21 August 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140821095201/http://www.forbes.com/profile/peter-mayer/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> From 1978 to 1996, Mayer was [[CEO]] of [[Penguin Books]].<ref name=Forbes/><ref>{{cite web |last = Penguin Books, Ltd |title = About Penguin: Company History |url = http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/packages/uk/aboutus/history.html |access-date = 6 June 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080515160021/http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/packages/uk/aboutus/history.html |archive-date = 15 May 2008 }} </ref> Recently, Mayer financially revived both [[Ardis Publishers|Ardis]], a publisher of [[Russian literature]] in English, and [[Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd|Duckworth]], an independent publishing house in the [[United Kingdom|UK]].<ref name=Indie/> Mayer died at the age of 82 in his home in [[Manhattan]], New York, due to complications related to [[amyloidosis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/entertainment/publisher-peter-mayer-dies