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!
I absolutely read blurbs. And I hate nothing more than when it‘s not a synopsis but just some useless testimonials or „praise“. What do I fucking care if some fucking reviewer thought it was „Stunning!“ or some current hot shot author felt „It‘s a revelation!“ when I don‘t even know what the goddamn book is all about because it doesn‘t have a fucking synopsis?!?!? Yes, testimonials on books are my pet fury, why do you ask?!
As a rule, I don‘t buy books where I have to search for a synopsis while stupid testimonials scream at me. I have passed on quite a few books that way, but the testimonials just made me so angry that I couldn‘t look past it. If you still work in publishing, please pass this on. Thank you.