How to Be Your Own Literary Agent

How to Be Your Own Literary Agent takes the mystery out of book publishing for any writer published or not. Richard Curtis -- a top literary agent for more than thirty years -- provides a comprehensive practical overview of the publishing process from submissions to contract negotiations to subsidiary rights to marketing publicity and beyond. He also gives away trade secrets and invaluable wisdom -- candid advice that can be found nowhere else. Now completely revised and expanded How to Be Your Own Literary Agent is essential reading for all writers.* Big publishers small publishers self-publishers e-publishers: how to keep up in a rapidly changing business * The new breed of busy literary editors: how to find them and know what they''re looking for * What the electronic revolution means to you and how to take advantage of it * How to know your publishing rights and negotiate effectively * How to have a say in your book''s design jacket and promotion * How book chains and superstores have altered publishing -- and what that means for you