I'm in the process of writing my 5th
book blurb for my upcoming novel and the process doesn't get any easier.
So having a good book cover, having quality editing, having a
good book blurb.
Most authors usually just paste in the back cover
book blurb in the description and leave it at that.
All it takes is a few additional sales, delivered by your own
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perfect book blurb, which let's face it, is often fleeting.
Because this presentation of your
dream book blurb is visual, it will attract more attention and generate more interaction with you and your connections.
Among the things you need is a
good book blurb to make people interested in hosting you.
Natlie SingerEverything about writing a book is hard, but
getting book blurbs was, for me, particularly fraught.
I posed a question a couple of weeks ago in the Author Biz Facebook group
about book blurbs.
For authors and publishers who are about to begin promoting books, know that book promotion is an honorable pursuit, and so is
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Inside the Book Title: AMOS FACES HIS BULLY Author: Cheryl C. Malandrinos Publisher: Guardian Angel Publishing Pages: 20 Genre: Christian children's picture
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Inside the Book Title: GETAWAY Author: Maureen Brady Publisher: Bacon Press Books Pages: 230 Genre: Women's
Fiction BOOK BLURB: After stabbing her abusive husband and leaving him dying on the kitchen floor, Cookie Wagner flees to remote Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Inside the Book Title: THE SUNWRIGHT CHRONICLES: A NEW WORLD Author: Kevin M. Villegas Publisher: Independent Pages: 120 Genre:
Fantasy BOOK BLURB: The Sunwright Chronicles: A New World, takes place in the world called Alavar, the Sunwrights a mostly Magical family made up of Paris Sunwright, Suadela Sunwright, Calia Sunwright, Tobias & Jaedus Sunwright and last but not least Pershing Sunwright, have all arrived from a long but bitter stay from modern earth.
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It works the same in the book selling business — readers don't buy books, they
buy book blurbs: is yours making sales?
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A
recent book blurb assures us that the author has nailed down his argument for God's existence with the contention that it is impossible to go beyond oneself unless there's a «Beyond (ideal or real) toward which man can transcend» (note well the reification bought cheaply by capitalizing the B in Beyond!).
A headline at the top of the cover that succinctly sums up the key benefit or selling point of the book — or consider a convincing quote (blurb) from a recognizable authority who recommends the book
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Besides which, we know that authors blurb each other's books so that, when they need endorsements for their own books, the authors
whose books they blurbed will return the favor.
Inside the Book Title: NIGHT, CHERE Author: Paulina Aurieux Publisher: Maybury and Gilliam Literary Pages: 49 Genre:
Erotica BOOK BLURB: Arcadia is a seemingly forgotten stretch of road in deep Louisiana that breathes libation and sexual prowess in the Read More
Inside the Book Title: 22 SCARS Author: Christopher North Publisher: Independent Pages: 288 Genre:
YA BOOK BLURB: Raised with apathy and spite, Amy's life is a monotonous drone of deep despair, broken only by coffee and Read More
Inside the Book Title: LAST PUFFS Author: Harley Mazuk Publisher: New Pulp Press Pages: 293 Genre: Mystery / Crime / Private
Eye BOOK BLURB: Frank Swiver and his college pal, Max Rabinowitz, both fall in love with Amanda Zingaro, courageous Read More
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Today, however, I'm prepared to go on record as saying all else pales in comparison to penning the
dreaded book blurb.
«Each year,
book blurbs tell you that a thousand new writers have fresh, distinctive voices.
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I have
fabulous book blurbs from best selling authors, fantastic reviews on Amazon, etc. yet my sales are almost nil.
To get a handle on best practices, I did an unofficial survey of followers on my Facebook page — presumably people open to my fiction — and asked them what they thought of first -
person book blurbs.