Book’s gung ho about life after the breakup All those authors who are living under a false name and buying fake moustaches can now come out of hiding. There’s a chance they may no ...
Book blurbs have been around for centuries and have long been panned for hyperbole. Happily, at least one major publisher has decided enough’s enough.
On the back cover of “Beartooth,” a blurb from novelist Junot Diaz compares it to “A Simple Plan,” which is both high praise and a very dangerous game to be ...
Explosive. Searing. Volatile. That’s how Sean Manning felt about the prattle on every second book cover. Even those he’d ...
that back cover real estate in a unique way. I also wonder, Are we just publishing the same books because we saw a blurb, and we didn’t give a fair shake to a book that didn’t get one?
Writers can do crazy things in quest of a blurb. When Norman Mailer finished his third novel, The Deer Park, he sent a copy ...
My monthly ritual in college was a drive into Atlanta to make the rounds of the rich array of record stores across the city.
One of the eternal mainstays in UK pop, the soulful singalong of 'Valerie' has enjoyed a chart life way beyond original writers The Zutons ever predicted.
The UK's Royal Mail have announced a range of AC/DC postage stamps. The band, who announced the 2025 European leg of their ...
And here it is, the first weekend of the 30th MLS regular season, which also happens to be the first MLS season to feature 30 teams. Yay, symmetry! This season not only introduces us to a new team – ...
He notes that a number of acclaimed titles in Simon & Schuster’s back catalogue ... he had unknowingly written the world’s first cover blurb. More recently, Stephen King — himself an ...