For the past few months, publishing has been consumed with debate over that ever-divisive topic: blurbs, those breathless ...
An announcement from Simon & Schuster’s publisher left the literary community wondering whether blurbs, the little snippets ...
On the higher slopes of Mount Olympus, blurbs are a way by which the gods speak to each other in code, with the whole world ...
Absolutely riveting” and “compelling.” “A must-read” and “a tour de force.” Blurbs, those haiku-length endorsements on every ...
Manning argues that “trying to get blurbs is not a good use of anyone’s time”. He notes that a number of acclaimed titles in ...
As a major publisher stops forcing books to have author endorsements, is this the end of the road for the common cover ...
Other books, with blurbs from people like Russell Brand, were on full-frontal display. To access my blurb, people didn’t just have to approach the right shelf. They had to be so intrigued by my ...