Richard Curtis (literary agent)

Richard Curtis, president of Richard Curtis Associates, Inc., is a New York literary agent, and author advocate.[1][2] He is also the author of a novel, short stories, and several books about the publishing industry, and from 1981 to 1992 had a regular column in the science fiction industry professional fanzine Locus, entitled "Agent's Corner".[3] He created the ebook website ereads.com in 1999. He has commented publicly on Amazon.com's practice of offering publishing deals directly to authors, bypassing mainstream book publishing companies.[4]

Bibliography

  • Halloween: A Novel, Bantam (1982) (A novelization of the film directed by John Carpenter.)[5]
  • Beyond the Bestseller: A Literary Agent Takes You Inside the Book Business , New American Library (1989)[6]
  • How To Be Your Own Agent Houghton Mifflin (1983)[7]
    • How To Be Your Own Literary Agent: An Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book Published, Revised 3rd Edition, Mariner Books (2003)
  • How to Get Your E-Book Published: An Insider's Guide to the World of Electronic Publishing, F&W Publications (2002)

See also

  • Jane Friedman, founder of Open Roads Media which E-Reads merged with

References

  1. ↑ Mungo, Ray (July 25, 1989). "Between the pages in publishing". USA Today. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  2. ↑ Streitfeld, David (September 11, 1990). "And a Competition to Save the Planet". Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
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  4. ↑ Streitfeld, David (October 16, 2011). "Amazon Rewrites the Rules of Book Publishing". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ Richards, Curtis (1979). Halloween: A Novel. Bantam. ISBN 9780553132267.
  6. ↑ "Nonfiction Book Review: Beyond the Bestseller by Richard Curtis, Author Plume Books $9.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-452-26432-8". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  7. ↑ Curtis, Richard (1996). How to be Your Own Literary Agent: The Business of Getting a Book Published. Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 9780395718193.


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