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Richard Curtis

"You have to remember that in addition to running a literary agency, I am also an ebook publisher."

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Donna Grant

"The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are."

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Donna Grant

"I should have my own publishing companies."

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Donna Grant

"Wanted has gone into second, third and fourth printings of the individual issues and the north American printings of Wanted #1 are now close to 100,000."

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Donna Grant

"There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy."

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Donna Grant

"We now open our mail with gloves and mask, though I can't imagine why anyone would target a literary agency!"

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Donna Grant

"You have to remember that in addition to running a literary agency, I am also an ebook publisher."

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Donna Grant

"I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took it over already had a full plate. It was never advertised. We didn't get reviewed in any major outlets."

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Donna Grant

"Publishers like a good buzz, and negative responses sell books just as well as positive ones."

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Donna Grant

"All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant. There are far fewer publishers."

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Donna Grant

"The biggest threat to authors in this age is not plagiarism or poverty, it's obscurity."

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Richard Curtis
"It's always a mistake for writers to key their submissions to world events, because they move so quickly and unpredictably, as has certainly proven the case in Afghanistan."

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Richard Curtis
"We are forced by the major publishers to include electronic rights in the contracts we make with publishers for new books. And there's very little we can do about that."

Books

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Richard Curtis
"I have no problem selling books to media franchises and we do it all the time. The author must understand that he/she is a writer for hire and has no control over copyright or over editorial changes made to the text."

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Richard Curtis
"I do send out information about my books. Very few people buy the books that way, but I always feel that if they want to know more about the process, they can get the information from my books."

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Richard Curtis
"We now open our mail with gloves and mask, though I can't imagine why anyone would target a literary agency!"

Publishing

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Richard Curtis
"You have to remember that in addition to running a literary agency, I am also an ebook publisher."

Publishing

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Richard Curtis
"We are taking a business-as-usual position at my agency, though business before 9/11 wasn't that hot either!"

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Richard Curtis
"Laboratories can reduce risk by implementing a proven and internationally accepted quality assurance technology that is applicable across the globe."

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Richard Curtis
"The key factor is whether the agent is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives, which screens its members and requires them to uphold a Canon of Ethics."

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Richard Curtis
"I tend to turn down books originally published as e-books. As for selling books directly to e-book publishers, I would do so only if all traditional publishers had turned them down."

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