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The literary agent, author advocate, and publishing visionary Richard Curtis shares his insights in this special blog of essays and articles for writers and all others tracking the rapidly changing world of books.

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Monday, May 26, 2008

Is There Life After Book? All About Reversions, Part 1

There are some things authors just don't like to think about, and one of them is their books going out of print.

For the new author, the idea that that might happen to your book one day considering it isn’t even in print yet, may be a matter of very remote concern. And that the book might go out of print within a year or less after publication is so shocking that your first impulse may be to dismiss the suggestion with a (nervous) laugh. Most books, however, do go out of print eventually, few being relegated to the status of deathless classics. Even more disturbing, an increasing number of them go out of print in a very short time.

In this two part article we look book-death squarely in the eye and contemplate the possibilities for resurrection

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