blurbing

Funny enough, a blurb might influence me if the person blurbing is from a surprising field.

How Much Do Book Blurbs Matter? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

Horse-trading has existed in blurbing for as long as I’ve been following the publishing industry, and I’ve posted examples in the “Backscratching in Our Time” series on this site.

‘Well-Known Name’ Asks for $1,000 to Blurb a Book, Author Claims « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009

For starters, there’s already an unpleasant impression in some circles that blurbing is a corrupt process involving log-rolling and political back-scratching and every other awful name you can think up for it.

2009 September 20 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009

Horse-trading has existed in blurbing for as long as I’ve been following the publishing industry, and I’ve posted examples in the “Backscratching in Our Time” series on this site.

2009 September 07 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009

For starters, there’s already an unpleasant impression in some circles that blurbing is a corrupt process involving log-rolling and political back-scratching and every other awful name you can think up for it.

2009 September « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009

I've got a couple of books I need to read for "blurbing": one romance and the other science fiction.

Archive 2008-11-01 Shirley Damsgaard 2008

I've got a couple of books I need to read for "blurbing": one romance and the other science fiction.

Monday Morning WIP tate hallaway 2008

Creative jacket blurbing getting politician in trouble

Creative jacket blurbing getting politician in trouble 2010

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Creative jacket blurbing getting politician in trouble 2010

More examples of reciprocal blurbing appear in the archives for “Backscratching in Our Time,” inspired by “Logrolling in Our Time” in the old Spy magazine.

Backscratching in Our Time — Barbara Ehrenreich and Thomas Frank « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009