If you think that “blurb” sounds more like a joke phrase than a highbrow publishing term, you’re not too far from the truth. ... Have you got a Big Question you'd like us to answer?

Blurb’s got the blues. February 9, 2025, 9:43 PM IST Shinie Antony in TOI Edit Page, ... Writers are often interrupted by their agents, publishers, editors, author friends with blurb requests.

Stephen King, the novelist, wrote in Entertainment Weekly about blurbs. Updated March 7, 2012, 4:13 PM The late Robert Parker's advice was, "Never blurb a book you've read, and never read a book ...

Publishing in the digital age doesn't mean we'll abandon print entirely. Digital self-publishing platform Blurb is expanding its book printing business to include print magazines and brochures.

During the Renaissance, Thomas More’s Utopia got a proto-blurb from Erasmus (“divine wit”), while Shakespeare’s First Folio got one from Ben Jonson (“The wonder of our stage!”).

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Maya Angelou’s invented blurb read, “After reading this book, I know what the caged bird will be crapping on.” I thought it was sort of fun, but I was having my cake and eating it too.

If you got that many people to say it’s good, it’s probably not bad and less of a risk for me to buy for the stores. ... “You blurb my book, I blurb yours. We do a Live together.

Is there an uglier word in the English language than “blurb”? (The British employ the far comelier “puff.”) One of the least pleasant aspects of book writing—and generally the concluding ...