Book blurbs going away? I somehow doubt it, being direct to consumer/reader marketing. Seems like a job for comical AI. I tend to skip considering books with blurbs entirely by people/authors I don't recognize. But if one of my favorite authors says it's the greatest book since...

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https://lithub.com/in-a-dazzling-move-simon-schuster-is-dropping-their-blurbs-requirement/

In a dazzling move, Simon & Schuster is dropping their blurbs requirement.

Image from the Library of Congress. Simon & Schuster publisher Sean Manning recently published a “gripping,” “spelling-binding,” “tour de force” of an essay for Publishers Weekly about blurbs, …

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