The Client from Hell
And Other Publishing Satires
Published on 1. April 2014
108 pages
978-1-4976-2217-3 (ISBN)
Description
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 industry by prominent literary agent Richard Curtis. Never again will you look at your editor with a straight face.
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Person
Richard Curtis, president and CEO 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. A pioneer in the field of digital technology, he created and founded E-Reads, the first independent ebook publisher. Please visit
Publishing in the Twenty-First Century, his popular blog on the book industry, at www.curtisagency.com/blog.
Content
- Cover
- Dedication
- Preface
- On the Decline of Western Literature
- Pulpscape
- 1985: Musical Chairs
- The Din of Inequity
- 1986: Merger, He Wrote
- The Fable of the Knishes and Knaidls
- 1987: Games Publishers Played
- Render My Statement, Tender My Check
- 1988: Going Global
- A Model Royalty Statement
- 1989: Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Industry of Mine
- And Then There Was One: A Tale of the Year 2100
- 1990: Stop the Millennium, I Want To Get Off
- The Client From Hell
- 1991: A Year of Revelations
