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

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

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 ...

That is because Simon & Schuster, an American publisher, has decided to stop doing book blurbs, those saccharine quotes from other authors on the back of books, at its flagship imprint. They are, says ...

These endorsements — referred to as “blurbs” in the business — are usually sourced prior to a book’s publication. Authors, agents or editors will approach more famous peers to request a ...

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