Andrea Bartz, whose 2021 thriller We Were Never Here was selected for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Book Club, says she had no idea that writing blurbs would consume so much of her time as a ...

When book lovers grabbed William Kent Krueger’s early novels because of Lee Child’s praise on the cover — “Krueger hits the ...

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 ...

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

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I’ve worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs on their books and the one aspect they tend to be most focused on — more than cover, title or ...

Those snippets of praise on book covers have been around for over 150 years (at least). But how do they get there — and why? The answers are... Whatever the old adage might warn, there is a bit of ...

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 ...

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 ...