Has the back page blurb gone out of fashion?
As I make a start on the blurb for Dani Bevan 11, this question seems appropriate!
This statement is a lament rather than a question. I’ve looked at a great deal of fiction titles on Amazon today, either with presents in mind or holiday reading. After examining the pages of a number of popular titles I was struck by how many authors had eschewed the book description section and added a stream of reviews instead. To be honest, I was perplexed. As a customer, what I wanted to see, most of all, was what the book was about. If I wish to read reviews, which I undoubtedly do, I will subsequently pan down to the customer review section.
I’m sure I can’t be unusual in this practice. When I am getting ready to publish a new book, the ‘blurb’ is the first thing I begin work on. It is the information that will encourage a reader to either take a look at a sample of the…
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