As an author, I loathe asking for blurbs — most of us hate the cringe-making business of approaching your peers for a favour that eats into their precious writing hours — and sometimes struggle to ...

So. Blurbs are those little testimonials that you see on a book’s cover — usually from another author saying, you know, “luminous,” “masterpiece,” “the best I’ve read in a while.” ...

As a book critic, I receive dozens of pitches a ... But they can, by god, reach far and wide to get the best blurbs they possibly can. At least for now, while the blurb economy awaits reforms.