The writing of blurbs—the succinct quotes of praise from an author’s peers that exist on a book’s front and back covers—has become a “nuclear arms race” that can drain blurb writers of their most ...

Last year, the author Jeanette Winterson posted a photo on Twitter of her books being burned. Cancel culture? No — the person burning her books was Winterson herself. “Absolutely hated the cosy little ...

When book lovers grabbed William Kent Krueger’s early novels because of Lee Child’s praise on the cover — “Krueger hits the ...

Some authors say that reading piles of books just to write blurbs for friends and colleagues is an overly time-consuming process that adds little value. Monap via Getty Images “If you can read this ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The black-and-white photo captures a young woman with a wavy perm. Her hands are cupped beside her mouth in that classic shouting ...

Blurbs — endorsements from authors like "this is exactly the book I was looking for" — have long been a fixture on the covers of books, intended to entice readers and lend credibility. But some ...

For the novelist Rebecca Makkai, writing blurbs had become nearly a full-time job. She explains why blurbs matter — and why she’s taking a break. By Rebecca Makkai Rebecca Makkai is the author, most ...

You know those little quotes on book jackets that say something nice about the pages within? Publishers have long required authors to obtain testimonials or “blubs” from other authors to help their ...

I don’t mean to brag, but sometimes your humble Biblioracle apparently speaks for the entire Chicago Tribune, a newspaper that has been in continuous operation since 1847 when I was minus ...