Has anyone read these Richard Curtis books on publishing?

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There are e-book editions of Richard Curtis' This Business of Writing and Mastering the Business of Writing available, and I was looking them over because I have a coupon.

Has anyone read these? Are they good, useful, whatever? Is the information still up-to-date?

According to one of the reviews on Amazon, Mastering the Business of Writing is a revision of Curti's Beyond the Besteller. I read Beyond the Bestseller years ago and probably still have my copy. I remember really liking it, although I no longer remember why. :D Still, I probably don't have to read it again, even in a revised version.
 

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AnneMarble said:
There are e-book editions of Richard Curtis' This Business of Writing and Mastering the Business of Writing available, and I was looking them over because I have a coupon.

Has anyone read these? Are they good, useful, whatever? Is the information still up-to-date?

According to one of the reviews on Amazon, Mastering the Business of Writing is a revision of Curti's Beyond the Besteller. I read Beyond the Bestseller years ago and probably still have my copy. I remember really liking it, although I no longer remember why. :D Still, I probably don't have to read it again, even in a revised version.

After reading "Beyond the Bestseller," I gave up wanting to read anything else Curtis wrote.
 

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Jamesaritchie said:
After reading "Beyond the Bestseller," I gave up wanting to read anything else Curtis wrote.

Same here. Good Lord.
 

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Beyond the Bestseller

OK, now you've both made me curious. What did it do wrong? :D It's been a long time since I read it, and maybe I had different tastes back then. (Or maybe not.)
 
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