For the novelist Rebecca Makkai, writing blurbs had become nearly a full-time job. She explains why blurbs matter — and why ...

An announcement from Simon & Schuster’s publisher left the literary community wondering whether blurbs, the little snippets ...

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They want an excuse to destroy you,” Posobiec and Lisec wrote. Vance provided a glowing promotional blurb about the book, which is included on the website of right-wing publisher Skyhorse ...