The recent announcement by Sean Manning, the publisher of Simon & Schuster, that authors no longer need to secure blurbs highlights an emerging trend within the publishing community. The blurbing process, traditionally burdensome, often leads to disproportionate demands on authors' time. An author reflects on their own experience, committing to limit blurb requests due to overwhelming obligations and frustrations faced when blurbs are not featured as promised. This shift may indicate a collective fatigue among authors regarding the demanding reciprocity involved in the blurbing culture.
I had decided that 2023 would be the year when I protected my time and blurbed next to nothing. Yet I ended up with 18 books to blurb.
Sean Manning, the publisher of Simon & Schuster's flagship imprint, announced that it would no longer require authors to procure blurbs for their books, marking a significant shift.
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