Author Jade Wallace breaks down the book blurb, including who cares about them, choosing books to blurb, and how to love the ...

Simon & Schuster UK (S&S) has told The Bookseller its policy on blurbs remains unchanged, despite the US flagship business ...

The famously fractious publishing community seems to agree on this point: Blurb collection is a time-consuming, dispiriting and occasionally mortifying process, one that takes time away from the ...

A book critic explains how book blurbs work and why it’s become a source of debate in the publishing industry.

A “blurb” (also known as a “quote”) is an endorsement, often from another author, celebrity or public figure, which publishers include on the covers and inside pages of new books.

I saw Arthur at a party the next year and told him that the deadline for the blurb for my next book was April 15, but that if he didn’t have time to compose a fresh one, I’d use the old one ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Strolling through Dymocks with a friend recently, I spied a book with a rapturous blurb from The Australian on its cover. “A ...