I’m interested to hear what the majority of readers have to say. Do you read blurbs (the quotes from other authors either on the front or back cover plugging the book) or do you ignore them?

Personally, I never paid attention to blurbs. But then I interned at a publishing company and blurb acquisition was such a big deal that I found myself starting to noticing blurbs more on the books I was reading. But still, most of the time, I don’t really care what other authors have to say and I just start reading.

Interested to hear your thoughts!

  • notasweetsperson@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Not at all. In fact I am extremely irritated when I go to see a synopsis and all I see is:

    “A roller-coaster of a fantasy ride!” - Well known author

    “Witty and unexpected.” - Niche author that kinda writes the same stuff

    “Powerful and astonishing.” - Huge author not even in the genre

    “Brilliant! It checked all the boxes.” - Someone I suspect might be them under a different pen name.

    “A rare find. Up all night just to get to the next book!” - Random magazine person

    Me: “… this does nothing for me. What is the book about please? o,__o, A premise, a main character trope? Anything? Give me something? Please?”

    • badpainter101@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      If I have to Google to find out what the book entails, its usually not going to be that great. Even the ones where the blurb is like “she has a secret…can she keep it?” irritate me becuase it does nothing to stand put from other books if I don’t know what it’s about