If I don't like
the blurb then I won't be «buying» / downloading the book even if it is free.
If no one is looking at
the blurbs then there is no use maintaining the listing.
Not exact matches
Since
then,
Blurb has grown into a popular platform for e-books, publishing about 7,000 titles a day and reeling in about $ 100 million in revenues a year.
Any chance you could write a
blurb and post it here that could
then be posted to FB as a status update and link?
Then that being turned into a 200 word
blurb published in the Guardian.
quiz and
then a
blurb about how the quiz taker's love life will unfold.
Read the
blurb below and
then click the link to finish the article.
They provide you with some insights and
then do a
blurb on the different online stores, so you get to know a bit about the stores from an outside perspective.
«My husband really doesn't like anyone just coming in and saying a
blurb and
then going,» Ms. Whitney said.
All you'll get is a one - line
blurb with a company name and city, but you can
then use Google to track down other useful information.
Cause I've done ones similar and not sure if it's just me but from taking the photos to photoshopping the collage, writing the
blurb at the top and
then descriptions and instructions for the workout... well let's just say it took me some time!
If you ever wanted a movie that ends on a
blurb by Nathaniel Hawthorne as a payoff for Melville's artistic neurosis,
then your wait is over.
If you have given up on this show
then you have given up on what the DVD box
blurb accurately describes as «television's most addictive and creative series.»
Quit reading this
blurb, watch the trailer already and
then leave us a comment telling us what you think about it!
My students took a picture of something they found eventful, and
then wrote a short
blurb describing the event.
Since
then, we haven't seen a single concept or even an official
blurb from Mazda, which begs the question, have we seen the last of the Mazda Wankel rotary engines?
So if you don't know what your wrote, ask someone else and
then focus your
blurb to the elements of the genre that are important to readers.
Substitute «Pam Young» for «she» the first time you use it, and
then sprinkle «Pam» throughout the
blurb.
Then I rewrite my
blurb and book description and try and use those words.
Then you need decent advertising smarts to write a
blurb that people will be interested by.
Then we're told the fault lies with the
blurb or the cover or the lack of reviews.
Then test some drafts of your
blurbs on members of your target audience and see what language grabs them.
I know when I look at unfamiliar books, I read the
blurb and
then scan through 5
then 1 star reviews.
But
then I read David Sedaris's cover
blurb — mostly because I thought it was strange for David Sedaris to be
blurbing a book about dangerous animals:
So, I wrote an initial draft of the
blurb and
then hired a
blurb writer to polish it into something really hook - y.
I will often pick up a book based on its cover,
then read the
blurb.
Social proof will sell your book before your book
blurb will, which
then becomes the clincher.
Then hand them a postcard with part of your
blurb on it (or your book so they can read the
blurb on the back).
First it's your book cover design,
then reviews and your book
blurb.
I chaired a panel with Amazon,
Blurb & Kobo (video to come on that) and
then there was one with some independent authors sharing their experiences.
Funny, I've always believed that if I write the book I want to write, and give it a title, cover, subtitle,
blurb and keywords that honestly describe the work,
then readers will angle themselves in my direction, if my work is their «cuppa.»
But before I bought any of their books for the first time, I was drawn to the book covers,
then to the «
blurb» either on the back cover or right inside the front.
Yes, when I come across a book's «buy» page, I usually check out the
blurb to see if the premise is interesting to me, and
then I check the reviews.
Then I noticed
blurbs from the likes of Pat Conroy and Junot Díaz praising Wald's works on the back cover, and I knew it wasn't going to be just another iteration of Fifty Shades of Grey.
None of them really caught my eye,
then I picked up this one, and after reading the
blurb, I was curious to know what happened.
You
then send us your book
blurb and author photo and we take it from there.
Then one day the editor realizes she has a meeting with the sales force in thirty minutes and has to have a
blurb.
So if you don't know what your wrote, ask someone else and
then focus your
blurb to the elements of the genre that are important to readers of that genre.
All based on the same anti-progressive thinking that «I need to change the covers,
blurbs, and price again, and *
then * all my books will suddenly be discovered and leap off the shelves and I'll be the next sliced bread.»
We still do that now with electronic books by glancing at the
blurb and cover,
then reading the sample before buying.
Then we learn we should use a different set of beta readers for our queries or back cover
blurbs.
I've seen books abruptly take off because of the
blurbs and
then suddenly take a dive when actual reader reviews come in.
And
then we have the newly self - published authors who ask established authors for reviews, as editors in NY ask authors of similar books to write pre-publication
blurbs for new authors.
If it does,
then look at the
blurb.
I usually check the
blurb,
then read the first chapter until I nope out of it.
If this is your intention,
then you'll need to start gathering these
blurbs before the cover design process begins.
Never sure about the 1 * * 2 * reviews - sometimes I wonder why the reviewer even bought the book, but
then why bother to read the
blurb, when it's easier to spend, spend, spend.
Amazon's customer browse genres, read the
blurbs, read opening pages and
then decide which books they like by casting a vote.
If your book cover doesn't draw the reader,
then that perfect
blurb and fantastic story is all for naught.
Then I read the book
blurb.