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Personal Information

Full Name

Peter R. Saunders

Bio

Peter Saunders is currently a director of Saunders Associates, a literary agent representing academic authors. He was owner-publisher of Garamond Press for twelve years. He co-founded the company in the early 1980s. Garamond was purchased by Broadview Press Ltd. of Calgary in 2005 and now operates as an imprint of The University of Toronto Press.

Saunders commenced his career in publishing in export sales in the U.K. with Cassell & Co. and The Bodley Head. He emigrated to Canada and worked in college sales for Longman Canada and McClelland & Stewart through the 1970s, becoming a partner in Fernwood Books Ltd. in 1979.

He has been responsible for the publication of many books in the social sciences and humanities, and is a leading advocate of independent academic book publishing.

Affiliation

Toronto

Country

Canada

Case studies by Peter R. Saunders

Case study :

Garamond Press

Originally formed as a collective in 1981, Garamond Press was the first Canadian-owned book publisher to focus on the university and college market. The Press was established as an alternative to traditional university presses and mainstream multinational textbook publishers and became one of Canada’s foremost independent academic publishers.