Blurbs — endorsements from authors like "this is exactly the book I was looking for" — have long been a fixture on the covers of books, intended to entice readers and lend credibility.

He, in short, considers blurbs a waste of time, saying, “the solicited authors could be reading books they actually want to read that will benefit their work—rather than reading books they ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Blurbs, those pithy paeans scattered across book covers like confetti, are controversial again. Recently ...

Will blurbs on book covers become a thing of the past? US publishing house Simon & Schuster is going to give it a try.