Not exact matches
I'm a big fan of Le Billon's work (see comments on her previous
book) and also
blurbed this one, as you can
tell from the cover.
Many people rapidly found their way to the lessons posted on YouTube, including Bill Gates, who, his
blurb for the
book tells us, «used these incredible tools with my own kids.»
I
told them I wondered if they'd consider
blurbing my
book.
The homepage
blurb states that «100 % of profits in 2011 go to charities promoting childhood literacy» and in one section of their Guide it
tells the lender to enter «the amount you'd like to see a borrower contribute to charity for this
book.»
Your
book Blurb is like a dedicated sales person, standing outside the door of your store, ready to
tell any passer - by the most exciting, intriguing and fascinating things about your
book...
The reader wants to read the
book, not be
told what is in the
book in the
blurb.
Cover
blurbs — testimonials and endorsements — from relevant, influential, or important people
tell us that the
book we're thinking about buying is a safe purchase.
Traditional
book trailers acted much like back cover
blurbs,
telling the inciting moment for the story and what's at stake.
So the
blurb will
tell us all the cool things about the setup of the initial push to action in the
book, the inciting incident often known as the beginning of Act 2.
Create an image gallery that showcases your
book's cover image,
book blurbs,
book reviews, and of course
tell them how to buy the
book at the end!
To be honest, the
blurb and the way the
book is pitched on its information page
tells me a lot about whether it's the kind of thing I want to read.
And heed the words of a prominent publishing lawyer who
told me: «They got ways to screw you you haven't even thought of yet --» Let me (start) to count the ways: lousy cover, awful
blurb, pathetic print order, no coop, forget a tour & if you do get one be prepared to be exhausted & sick — and worst of all not to sell enough
books to warrant the misery of being on the road.
Information about your
book (include that
blurb —
tell the reader why they want to spend time reading YOUR
book!)
And there is no description of the
book (like the
blurb on the Amazon website)- so there is no way other than the title (and the unhelpful category) to
tell her what the
book is about before she downloads and starts to read it.
Begin with a cheesy line to break the ice,
tell you about the
book like word count, POV, and genre, or rather get straight to the point with a tagline and the
blurb of the
book?
For more complicated visual
books, we would certainly advise the latter option: just
tell your designer you're printing with
Blurb and they will format your
book to fit their standards.