PUBLISHING​​

Regional History, Biography, Fine & Decorative Arts, and Historical Reference Works

Publishing regional history, fine & decorative art, photography, & genealogical reference works
The Connecticut Press is a specialty publisher of fine and decorative art, photography, American history, and historical and genealogical reference works. Many of its titles originate in the collections of non-profit institutions or through scholars and educators wishing to avoid dedicating limited staff and/or financial resources to publishing.

As a strategic partner, The Connecticut Press oversees all aspects of prepress, publishing, marketing, and distribution of selected titles by individual authors or by non-profit partners. In return for simple access to their holdings, participating organizations can benefit from new revenue streams, enhanced institutional recognition, and special discounts for their members on books and ebooks.

The Connecticut Press also serves as an aggregator in bringing together institutions and publishing professionals assigned to each project based on their respective strengths and expertise. What provides The Connecticut Press with a distinct competitive advantage is based on several factors:

  1. Keen understanding of the non-profit environment.
  2. Expertise in leveraging projects with leading experts and appropriate print technologies and marketing strategies.
  3. Commitment to quality and our participating authors and institutions as a premier provider of publications, portfolios, and prints to both specialized and general audiences.
  4. The company’s virtual nature allows it to act quickly with low overhead in responding to market trends and needs.

The Company

Peter J. Malia received his graduate training in American History at Trinity College, Hartford, and Fordham University, New York. He has served as primary research historian at Sleepy Hollow Restorations, Inc., Assistant Editor of Sleepy Hollow Press, and Editor-in-chief of The Connecticut Historical Society. He is responsible for helping to develop numerous award-winning publications, including:

- The Van Cortandt Family Papers, 4 vols.
-  Flying Horses: The Golden Age of American Carousel Art
-  PTC Carousels: The Pictorial History of the Philadelphia Toboggan Company
-  Officers and Gentlemen: A Pictorial History of West Point
-  Anson Dickinson, the Celebrated Miniature Painter, 1779-1852
-  Connecticut Railroads: An Illustrated History
-  Visible Saints: West Haven, Connecticut, 1648 - 1798
-  The Correspondence of Thomas Cole and Daniel Wadsworth
-  The Ghosts of Captain Grant's Inn, 2nd Edition
-  New Haven Town Records, 1769 - 1819
-  Sola Scriptura and Sectarianism
-  Lewis R. Heim, Mechanical Genius of Modern Industry
​-  The Myth & Reality of Slavery in Eastern Connecticut
​-  The Windsor Locks Canal: Yankee Enterprise & Irish Muscle

The Founder