Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Blurbs have always been controversial—too clichéd, too subject to cronyism—but lately, as review space shrinks and the noise level of the ...

A Series Of Forbes Insights Profiles of Thought Leaders Changing the Business Landscape. Did someone say that print is dead? Nonsense, contends Eileen Gittins. The Silicon Valley entrepreneur is ...

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 ...

Blurb is an affordable printing service that allows you to produce your own high-quality photo books. Offering a wide range of sizes, from a Lilliputian 13 x 13cm to a colossal 33 x 28cm, five kinds ...

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 ...

Folks, it’s time to talk about blurbs. You know blurbs, the choice little quotations from other writers or public figures touting the excellence of the book you are considering purchasing. They are ...

All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. A new service from ...

I’m hardly a stranger to the best photo book services. Not only have I reviewed multiple photo book services first hand, but I created TechRadar’s testing process, and I head up the team that reviews ...

Linguist and lexicographer Ben Zimmer analyzes the origins of words in the news. Read previous columns here. The publishing industry has a problem, and it goes by a peculiar five-letter name: “blurb.” ...