Richard Curtis
Bio: Richard Curtis, president of Richard Curtis Associates, Inc., is a leading New York literary agent and a well known author advocate. He is also the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction including several books about the publishing industry. Late in 1998, Richard Curtis announced the formation of E-Rights/e-reads, Ltd., an online publisher, retailer, and electronic rights clearing house. The company's mission is to assist authors, literary agents, and other content-providers to take advantage of fundamental changes in publishing and print technology. Richard Curtis was born in 1937, is married, and has two children. He currently resides in Manhattan. His hobbies are sports, music and painting.
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Death In The Crease [MultiFormat]
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Athletic agent Dave Bolt, former star for the Dallas Cowboys, is a hardened sports insider, familiar with the dirty underside of American professional sports. He witnesses the kickbacks, the bribes and the blackmail that keep the high-powered industry spinning. In DEATH IN THE CREASE Bolt has to deal with an explosive ice hockey scandal that threatens to expose the sport's biggest game as a sham. Former Black Hawk goalie Guy LeClede writes an expose of the corruption that "would blow hockey off ... more info>> (Published: 1975)
Words: 57698 - Reading Time: 164-230 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Dumb but Lucky!: Confessions of a P-51 Fighter Pilot in World War II [Secure Mobipocket]
by Richard Curtis
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 Second lieutenant Dick Curtis arrived in Italy in May 1944--twenty years old and part of a shipment of P-51 Mustang fighter pilots so desperately needed that they were rushed into combat with less than thirty hours of flight time in their new high-performance aircraft. Six of the twelve pilots assigned to the 52nd Fighter Group were shot down in the first two weeks. By his ninth mission, Curtis was the only one still flying. A maverick, he barely escaped court-martial with his high-flying antics... more info>>
Category: History
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Mastering The Business of Writing [MultiFormat]
by Richard Curtis
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One of the most comprehensive guides currently on the market, Mastering the Business of Writing is an insider's guide to the business of being a professional writer. All aspects of the publishing industry are explained, both for the aspiring author and the established writer wishing to jump start a professional career. This guide includes everything you need to know about publishers, agents, and the track to success. Including: What agents do and how they develop relationships within the publish... more info>> (Published: 2004)
Words: 91298 - Reading Time: 260-365 min.
Category: Self Improvement
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Pulpscape [MultiFormat]
by Richard Curtis
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Commander Shmeegl returns to his home planet to tell the king of his expedition to a planet on which he has discovered intelligent life. Unfortunately, the best example of intelligence he found there was a community of life forms known as publishers, and Shmeegl doesn't think they're worth another look. Is it possible he's using the wrong criteria, and that the inhabitants of the third planet in the Gnarpal solar system are in fact the most brilliant race in the known universe? (Published: 1987)
Words: 2905 - Reading Time: 8-11 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Render My Statement, Tender My Check [MultiFormat]
by Richard Curtis
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How many authors have wanted to kill their publishers after receiving a shockingly low royalty statement? When freelance writer Sidney Midney gets one, it sends him over the brink to homicidal madness. Is there an alternate universe where publishers treat authors like kings? (Published: 1983)
Words: 3238 - Reading Time: 9-12 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Strike Zone [MultiFormat]
by Richard Curtis
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When baseball's biggest rising star, Willie Hesketh, declares he is going to cross the picket line to play the game he loves, someone doesn't agree. Before Willie even has a chance to arrive at the battle, four thugs with bats waylay him. Now Willie is laid up in the hospital with a slim chance of walking again. All he knows is that he believes he put out the eye of one of the goons and he begs Bolt to get revenge. It is a twisty road through the maze of managers, union leaders and players, but ... more info>> (Published: 1975)
Words: 57306 - Reading Time: 163-229 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Suicide Squad [MultiFormat]
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Dave Bolt doesn't know what the Racers' star quarterback has to do with the game no gambler would touch, but it smells like a mighty fishy fix. When Jimmy Quinn doesn't show for a meeting and has disappeared, Bolt suspects more than a thrown game. Quinn's books show a few shady deals, but nothing too suspicious. Now Bolt has a dead gambler on his hands, and what he wants to know is--is Quinn next on the list or a cold-blooded killer? No one ever said the sports business was a cup of tea and Dave... more info>> (Published: 2004)
Words: 53862 - Reading Time: 153-215 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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The $3,000,000 Turnover [MultiFormat]
by Richard Curtis
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"Officially, I'm an agent. I represent professional athletes in basketball, football, tennis, golf. You name it; if money is paid for any athletic performance short of copulation, I take a commission on it. I say 'officially.' Unofficially, I've backed into another job: troubleshooting for the management of professional sports leagues--a kind of undercover operator. And it was this Richie Sadler case that got me into it. Aside from a hairline fracture of my cheekbone, temporary blindness, a scro... more info>> (Published: 1974)
Words: 57460 - Reading Time: 164-229 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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The Client From Hell [MultiFormat]
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The landing on Earth of a space ship from a distant planet triggers the greatest media feeding frenzy in history. But Garto of Drune selects a modest literary agent to represent him for the sale of his book and movie rights. Garto's most important criterion is honesty, and heaven help the publisher that pulls a fast one on an alien author. (Published: 1995)
Words: 3600 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Client From Hell and Other Publishing Satires [MultiFormat]
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Previously titled FOOL FOR AN AGENT. An alien space explorer seeking intelligent worlds discovers one inhabited by life forms known as publishers, and concludes that this world is not worth another visit; another voyager lands on Earth and selects a literary agent to represent his book and movie rights; a freelance writer is so outraged over a lousy royalty statement, he drills his publisher with a gun. These are just a few glimpses of this hilarious collection of lampoons of the publishing indu... more info>> (Published: 1992)
Words: 22514 - Reading Time: 64-90 min.
Category: Humor
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The Din of Inequity [MultiFormat]
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Jealousy is sometimes called The Green-Eyed Monster, but that's just a turn of phrase. Or is it? When a literary agent's clients become so envious of each other's that they're ready to rend him limb from limb, he begins to wonder if The Green-Eyed Monster is more than a mere metaphor. (Published: 1989)
Words: 2762 - Reading Time: 7-11 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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This Business of Publishing [MultiFormat]
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This Business of Publishing has been hailed by literary agent Michael Larsen as "must reading for writers, agents and anyone else who cares about the future of publishing." It reveals the unique perspective of Richard Curtis, former president of the Association of Authors' Representatives. He provides the aspiring author with the benefit of over thirty years of lessons learned in the publishing industry, including: The damage caused to the publishing industry by the archaic practice of selling b... more info>> (Published: 2004)
Words: 60334 - Reading Time: 172-241 min.
Category: General Nonfiction
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