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!
It depends, I know some authors will only blurb if they’ve actually read it. If it’s a big author, or someone like Patterson? I figure a marketing person threw some positive words on it and added their name. If it’s someone in the same general sphere of book? Sure.
But that’s only after I read an actual summary, or judge it by its cover, or something.