At turns poignant and pitiable, a writer’s quest for affirmation in a blurbless world leads him to seek statements of praise ...

As of 2025, Simon & Schuster no longer require authors to obtain blurbs for their books. It doesn’t mean you’ll never see a blurb on a future release from them.

Legendary author, Stephen King, often blurbs novels from a wide range of genres, yet considering that horror is what he's ...

An early 20th-century humorist promoting his own book came up with ‘Miss Belinda Blurb’ as the personification of publishers’ overly effusive praise ...

A “blurb” (also known as a “quote”) is an endorsement, often from another author, celebrity or public figure, which publishers include on the covers and inside pages of new books.

Louise Willder, who has been writing blurbs for 25 years, says authors writing their own ones tend to ramble on, or miss the point and fail in its primary function: to sell the book.

Louise Willder, a professional blurb-writer for Penguin Books for 25 years, keeps her views to herself on the Winterson affair: it gets only a passing mention in her book Blurb Your Enthusiasm.

Vladimir Nabokov would have killed for a blurb from literary critic friend. Keystone Writers can do crazy things in quest of a blurb. When Norman Mailer finished his third novel, The Deer Park, he ...

Write a blurb for a highbrow literary novel including every blurb cliché In The Weight of Words, critically acclaimed author John Smith delves deep into the human condition, exploring the complexities ...

Writers, literary agents and publicists are speaking up about the power of blurbs — and how they’re more about friendships and connections than a book’s real merit. Authors Jen Sookfong Lee ...

For books in a particular genre or space, blurbs can be hugely valuable, according to historical non-fiction author, Candice Shy Hooper. “I think blurbs are especially important in the non ...