Down with ‘unputdownable’: Is there a case for boycotting book blurbs?
Explosive. Searing. Volatile. That’s how Sean Manning felt about the prattle on every second book cover. Even those he’d ...
Smithsonian Magazine1d
Are ‘Gripping,’ ‘Brilliant’ Book Blurbs on Their Way Out?
In a provocative essay, a major publisher announced that its authors will no longer be required to solicit glowing reviews ...
The Bookseller2d
To blurb or not to blurb: UK trade weighs in on author quotes in 2025
Simon & Schuster UK has told The Bookseller it will continue to expect British authors to procure blurbs for their work, despite its American counterpart saying it will “no longer require authors to ...
Minnesota mystery writer is living his childhood dream
You could say novelist Josh Moehling is hot right now. William Kent Krueger pretty much does say that in a blurb on the cover of Moehling’s new “A Long Time Gone,” his third book featuring small-town ...
A major book publisher announced a change. The industry freaked out.
One big author and one major publisher announced within weeks of each other that they were through with the practice of ...