Rumour has it that when Robert Frost was once asked, “What’s your poem about?”, he replied, “Read it.” Not everyone has the luxury of being Robert Frost, though. By which I mean that books need blurbs ...

Blurb, the on-demand print service with a specialization in photographic layouts, is expanding its “crowd sourcing” strategy onto, where else, but Facebook with a new app that brings people together ...

Lots of attention has been paid to the way that digital media have shaken up the music, film and publishing industries. Now, the growing use of e-book readers and multi-purpose tablets is bringing ...

Like all self-respecting book nuts, I have long admired a good blurb, the hundred or so words on the back of a paperback that will make you either (i) buy it or (ii) cast it away into outer darkness ...

As the ongoing dispute between Amazon and Hachette sees the huge online retailer continue to block and/or delay sales of some of the publisher’s books, two smaller startups in the industry are merging ...

- Samsung GALAXY S 4 users can now instantly convert their digital photos into rich print memories that last a lifetime SAN FRANCISCO, March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Blurb, the global creative ...

It conjures up exactly what it is: a belch of praise for a book, generally found on the dust jacket, to lure the reader to purchase it. I must admit to reading blurbs when deciding whether to buy a ...