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

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

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 ...

Book blurbs have been around for centuries and have long been panned for hyperbole. Happily, at least one major publisher has ...

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 ...

Book jackets are battlefields of quotes from rival authors in what is a mini genre of its own. While the blurbist must maintain his voice and style, she must also make a blurb sound different from ...

Publishers Weekly put out an article by Sean Manning – publisher of Simon & Schuster’s flagship US imprint – in which he said ...

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

With West Sussex libraries celebrating their centenary this year, we have invited some of our 2025 librarians to tell us about their favourite book. Emily Duggan, Librarian - Books Reading and Culture ...