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 ...

The publishing industry could look different in the future — the culprit: shifting thoughts toward book blurbs. If you have held a book before, most likely you have read or at least seen one. They ...

It's funny that with all the recent talk of book criticism having grown too nice, and reviews potentially being faked (or sometimes too mean), we haven't spent much time discussing the strange ...

The queen of the blurbosphere is Ann Patchett, who’s not just a novelist but also a bookstore owner (Parnassus, in Nashville). Her recommendations adorn book jackets including pal Kevin Wilson’s books ...

Commentary: At turns poignant and pitiable, a writer’s quest for affirmation in a blurbless world leads him to seek statements of praise for all sorts of writing. Credit: Getty Images. When publisher ...

Julian Novitz does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Will blurbs on book covers become a thing of the past? US publishing house Simon & Schuster is going to give it a try.

I've worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs on their books and the one aspect they tend to be most focused on — more than cover, title or even book content — is who's going to endorse their book. And ...

Mr. Buckley is a novelist and a humorist. His most recent novel is “Has Anyone Seen My Toes?” Are you sitting down? In what the trade publication Publishers Weekly reported as a “stunning” or “tour de ...