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 ...
The Spinoff14h
Brilliant and devastating: Are book blurbs anything more than a circle jerk?
Publishers Weekly put out an article by Sean Manning – publisher of Simon & Schuster’s flagship US imprint – in which he said ...
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 Bookseller1d
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 ...
Luminous! A masterpiece! Why publishing can’t stop debating blurbs.
For the past few months, publishing has been consumed with debate over that ever-divisive topic: blurbs, those breathless ...
The End of the Blurb. Thank God.
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 ...