In John Irving’s next book, the author is returning to St. Cloud’s, Maine, and to the orphanage made famous in his acclaimed ...

Manning argues that “trying to get blurbs is not a good use of anyone’s time”. He notes that a number of acclaimed titles in ...

As a major publisher stops forcing books to have author endorsements, is this the end of the road for the common cover ...

See the cover of Time magazine with Elon Musk sitting behind President Trump's Resolute Desk and Trump's reaction to it.

President Donald Trump seems to have a question for the Time Magazine. On February 7, 2025, the magazine released a cover of ...

An announcement from Simon & Schuster’s publisher left the literary community wondering whether blurbs, the little snippets ...

In my wilder dreams, I am a bestselling literary novelist, and the jackets of my books are festooned with quotes from the ...

That is because Simon & Schuster, an American publisher, has decided to stop doing book blurbs, those saccharine quotes from ...

When all novels are thrust upon you as words of genius,’ wrote George Orwell, ‘it is quite natural to assume that all of them ...

Reading a story together is a wonderful way to let children know they are safe and loved. This list of new titles is great ...