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Biblioracle: To blurb or not to blurb? Simon & Schuster flagship imprint will no longer require them

Summary by Chicago Tribune
Folks, it’s time to talk about blurbs. You know blurbs, the choice little quotations from other writers or public figures touting the excellence of the book you are considering purchasing. They are often effusive, sometimes unbelievably so, and coming from august persons whose names are known, are meant to make the book at hand impossible to pass up. In the publishing industry, blurbs are somehow both incredibly important and also meaningless, g…

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Biblioracle: To blurb or not to blurb? Simon & Schuster flagship imprint will no longer require them

Folks, it’s time to talk about blurbs. You know blurbs, the choice little quotations from other writers or public figures touting the excellence of the book you are considering purchasing. They are often effusive, sometimes unbelievably so, and coming from august persons whose names are known, are meant to make the book at hand impossible to pass up. In the publishing industry, blurbs are somehow both incredibly important and also meaningless, g…

·Chicago, United States
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EuronewsEuronews

Will book blurbs become a thing of the past?

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

·France
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Alliance of Independent Authors: Self-Publishing Advice CenterAlliance of Independent Authors: Self-Publishing Advice Center

Simon & Schuster Drops Blurbs, Encyclopaedia Britannica Eyes IPO, WH Smith Faces Uncertain Future: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

The second round-up of the week has an interesting common thread. Each of the three stories represents the end of an era in some way. The first is more an item of amusing good riddance—an amuse-bouche in every sense. Simon & Schuster has announced that it won’t be pushing authors and editors to paste puff quotes on their covers. The post Simon & Schuster Drops Blurbs, Encyclopaedia Britannica Eyes IPO, WH Smith Faces Uncertain Future: Self-Publi…

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Alliance of Independent Authors: Self-Publishing Advice Center broke the news in on Thursday, February 6, 2025.
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