tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post7484419360936665517..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: To Blurb Or Not To BlurbUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-12441826826040468882012-01-12T07:09:43.171-05:002012-01-12T07:09:43.171-05:00I think, in order to succeed in this industry, you...I think, in order to succeed in this industry, you need to become a shameless whore when it comes to blurbs/reviews/endorsements. While around here we attract readers of an exceptional nature, it seems like in the spectrum of the average, the assumption is that if nobody blurbed it, it must not be good, they can't imagine anyone would blurb a book just to promote themselves, every author tells the truth in blurbs and it doesn't seem to occur to anyone that the reason X author blurbed some book from 2006 but not your release from 2007 is NOT because they didn't like your book, but because they adopted a no-blurb policy.<br /><br />'Good' and 'popular' seem to go hand in hand. I find it curious that all the high-selling authors seem to be so very popular with everyone, with the exception of the few extreme sellers like James Patterson, who isn't part of the 'club'. <br /><br />Some day, I want to publish under a pseudonym nobody knows so that I can find out if people really like my work, or are just saying nice things because they want me to review them or blurb them. I guess that really hit home for me with that Amazon review I got that the writer later deleted, after I didn't post a review of his book within two months.<br /><br />There's a few blurbers and reviewers I trust. The rest, I just ignore.Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.com