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.)
- Beyond the Bestseller: A Literary Agent Takes You Inside the Book Business , New American Library (1989)
- How To Be Your Own Agent Houghton Mifflin (1983)
- 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
- ↑ Mungo, Ray (July 25, 1989). "Between the pages in publishing". USA Today. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ↑ Streitfeld, David (September 11, 1990). "And a Competition to Save the Planet". Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
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- ↑ Streitfeld, David (October 16, 2011). "Amazon Rewrites the Rules of Book Publishing". The New York Times.
External links
- Biographical sketch at the Richard Curtis Associates website
- Richard Curtis at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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