Book blurbs have been around for centuries and have long been panned for hyperbole. Happily, at least one major publisher has ...

Explosive. Searing. Volatile. That’s how Sean Manning felt about the prattle on every second book cover. Even those he’d ...

Publishers Weekly put out an article by Sean Manning – publisher of Simon & Schuster’s flagship US imprint – in which he said ...

In a provocative essay, a major publisher announced that its authors will no longer be required to solicit glowing reviews ...

Simon & Schuster UK (S&S) has told The Bookseller its policy on blurbs remains unchanged, despite the US flagship business ...

For the past few months, publishing has been consumed with debate over that ever-divisive topic: blurbs, those breathless ...

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 ...

On the higher slopes of Mount Olympus, blurbs are a way by which the gods speak to one another in code, with the whole world ...

A blurb from a musician on another musician’s album cover? A blurb from a game designer on another designer’s game box?” While Simon & Schuster has never mandated that authors find quotes ...

How often does a blurb from a filmmaker appear on another filmmaker’s movie poster? A blurb from a musician on another musician’s album cover? A blurb from a game designer on another designer’s game ...

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 ...

Two brothers embark on a dangerous mission in Yellowstone National Park in Callan Wink's Montana-set adventure "Beartooth," ...