[ANSWERED] Question regarding weird descriptions

[Drace]

So, this is kind of an odd one. There's an indie publisher I follow that focuses on oftentimes surreal and experimental horror literature, and they have a habit of not giving their books descriptions, instead just putting a few praise quotes on the back of the book/in the Amazon description and leaving it at that. They don't do it for every book, but definitely more often than not.

The publisher has two new books coming later this year, and one of them does the praise quotes only thing. I know that Goodreads doesn't usually put praise in the description, so how exactly should this sort of oddity be handled?

[lethe]

If there is no regular description, the book will just have to go without.

Alternatively, if someone has read the book, they could provide a neutral, spoiler-free description to be added.

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lethe wrote: "If there is no regular description, the book will just have to go without.

Alternatively, if someone has read the book, they could provide a neutral, spoiler-free description to be added."

The book I mention in the OP isn't out yet (and I won't be starting an "add this book" thread until its Amazon page is up), but would a description from the author's Twitter be allowed? When the book was announced, the author posted:

"[book title] is a collection of unsettling stories with a malignant design. It’s searching for an exit, craving for escape while stuck detailing the minutiae that keep us in place."

In a later post, she also wrote of the book "Prepare to be haunted and unsettled by the mundane grotesquery of these vicious little stories, which perfectly articulate the madness of being a conscious entity."

I feel like using one or both of these quotes would be a good way to have a spoiler-free description. Would this be acceptable?

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Yes, both of those sentences are neutral descriptions and can be used.

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Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Yes, both of those sentences are neutral descriptions and can be used."

Thanks for the info. I'll probably link this thread as an explanation when I start a Please Add This Book thread for this one.