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

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

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

For the past few months, publishing has been consumed with debate over that ever-divisive topic: blurbs, those breathless ...

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

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 ...

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 for their book jackets, arguing that blurbs don’t reflect a title’s ...

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 ...

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

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