Book Blurbs: How To, When & Why To Get Them
Pre-Publication Blurbs Can Make All The Difference In Book Sales
Book Reviews and Blurbs are an integral part of your book marketing plan
Here is a How-To and a Why to Get Blurbs and Who to Ask
There are three kinds of book reviews:
Book Industry Blurbs / Reviews
Pre-pub Blurbs / Book Reviews
Post-pub Blurbs / Book Reviews
In this post, part of the countdown to launch series, (Get Your Book Seen and Sold pubs 9/25/23 but is available for sale today!) I focus on pre-publication reviews and specifically Blurbs.
What is a Blurb?
In the simplest terms, a blurb is a quick, few words of endorsement for your book. A blurb can also be a piece of a longer review.
As a reader, you may have noticed those little sentences / phrases that you see…
…on the back cover of books.
…in the first interior pages of books.
…on a book’s Amazon, B&N and other online retailer pages.
…on an author’s website.
Those short one or two lines about the book, hopefully positively recommending the book, is a blurb.
You would expect to ask for reviews or endorsements AFTER your book publishes but …
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