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

Simon & Schuster tells authors to stop soliciting endorsements. I think the practice is still worthwhile.

In a provocative essay, a major publisher announced that its authors will no longer be required to solicit glowing reviews ...

Blurbs, those haiku-length endorsements on every book jacket, are a ubiquitous part of the literary scene, boldly declaring that the book you’re about to delve into is “life-changing.” Or ...

On the higher slopes of Mount Olympus, blurbs are a way by which the gods speak to one another in code, with the whole world ...

As a major publisher stops forcing books to have author endorsements, is this the end of the road for the common cover practice? View on euronews ...

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

The corporate publishing model depends on publishers allocating most of their resources to a few books they expect to be high ...

Writers can do crazy things in quest of a blurb. When Norman Mailer finished his third novel, The Deer Park, he sent a copy ...

Book’s gung ho about life after the breakup All those authors who are living under a false name and buying fake moustaches can now come out of hiding. There’s a chance they may no ...

Explosive. Searing. Volatile. That’s how Sean Manning felt about the prattle on every second book cover. Even those he’d ...