On Blurbs That Matter and How I Did It.

By Nina B. Lichtenstein

A few days before submitting the precious blurbs I had procured for my forthcoming memoir, the publishing world was abuzz: Simon & Schuster decided to drop their blurb requirement, in what Lit Hub called “a dazzling move.” In his statement piece in Publishers Weekly, S&S publisher Sean Manning said, “…trying to get blurbs is not a good use of anyone’s time. Instead, authors who are soliciting them could be writing their next book.”

Considering the many hours I sp...