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I... oh my god.
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Diabolus Ex Machina
This Is Not An Essay
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June 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I... oh my god.
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The blurbing system obviously sucks but what blows my mind about the discourse here is how many people buy books based on blurbs. They’re all vague and meaningless. Just read the book! It’s already in your hands!
'A Plague on the Industry': Book Publishing's Broken Blurb System
Do authors actually like the books they endorse—or even read them? Writers, literary agents, and publishing workers take Esquire inside the story of a problematic "favor economy."
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September 8, 2023 at 6:01 PM
The blurbing system obviously sucks but what blows my mind about the discourse here is how many people buy books based on blurbs. They’re all vague and meaningless. Just read the book! It’s already in your hands!
Mom: We have Dean Koontz at home.
The Dean Koontz at home:
The Dean Koontz at home:
September 6, 2023 at 3:06 PM
Mom: We have Dean Koontz at home.
The Dean Koontz at home:
The Dean Koontz at home:
There’s no way dean koontz looks like that
September 6, 2023 at 3:05 PM
There’s no way dean koontz looks like that
I just think if you're gonna use that many cormac mccarthy words in your epigraph, the first couple pages of your novel ought to have some pretty good sentences
September 6, 2023 at 12:23 PM
I just think if you're gonna use that many cormac mccarthy words in your epigraph, the first couple pages of your novel ought to have some pretty good sentences