The publishing industry could look different in the future — the culprit: shifting thoughts toward book blurbs. If you have held a book before, most likely you have read or at least seen one. They ...

Folks, it’s time to talk about blurbs. You know blurbs, the choice little quotations from other writers or public figures touting the excellence of the book you are considering purchasing. They are ...

The writing of blurbs—the succinct quotes of praise from an author’s peers that exist on a book’s front and back covers—has become a “nuclear arms race” that can drain blurb writers of their most ...

You’re not the first to question this practice. What prompted the change? One thing I set out to do as publisher at S&S was ask questions. Who finds blurbs effective? What is their utility? I think ...

For the past few months, publishing has been consumed with debate over that ever-divisive topic: blurbs, those breathless ...

Jen Doll examined the logrolling world of book blurbs today. One of our commenters finds that blurbs critics are fine, but blurbs from authors are warning signs. Jeremy Greenberg writes: Quotes from ...

Commentary: At turns poignant and pitiable, a writer’s quest for affirmation in a blurbless world leads him to seek statements of praise for all sorts of writing. Credit: Getty Images. When publisher ...

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