Wonder Work 09: Smash the Gates

WW 09: Smash the Gates Hello, Wondering People! Recently I was listening to the Reading Glasses podcast and learned that one of the Big Five publishing houses is doing away with book blurbs. Earlier this year, Sean Manning of Simon & Schuster (S&S) announced his imprint would no longer require authors to obtain blurbs — those little endorsements from other writers that show up on book jackets and in industry reviews. The reaction was swift and polarized: some called it revolutionary; others...