A “blurb” (also known as a “quote”) is an ... s comments have ignited fresh scrutiny. Across the pond, S&S UK is more ambivalent. “We have no blanket policy at Simon & Schuster UK ...

Publishers Weekly put out an article by Sean Manning – publisher of Simon & Schuster’s flagship US imprint – in which he said he’d “no longer require authors to obtain blurbs for their books”. The ...

Enchanting. Mysterious. Riveting. Book blurbs have been a mainstay in publishing, designed to persuade readers to pick up a ...

Blurb Your Enthusiasm, Louise Willder’s homage to the persuasive ... It originated in 17th-century British English. Check the Oxford English Dictionary, a deeply shattering work of haunting luminosity ...

Typically, the blurb process goes something like this: After writing a manuscript, an author solicits praise from other writers who are usually more established. These writers are expected to read ...