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Book Blurbs And How To Get Them

Book Blurbs And How To Get Them You know when you pick up a book and you immediately flip to the back cover to read the short blurb to help you decide whether or not to choose it? Often, there will also be short comments from other authors from the same genre, praising the book and perhaps offering a sentence of insight sharing what they liked about it. These are book blurbs. Sometimes, if an…

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You’ve written your book, but now comes the part that makes many writers freeze: How do you describe it in just 180 words?

A book description (or ‘blurb’) is one of the most important tools you have for drawing readers in. Whether you’re self-publishing or submitting to agents, this short paragraph can make the difference between a reader clicking Buy Now—or not.

Watch the video for tips on writing a great description. 

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Guest Post - How to Write a Successful Book Blurb

How to Write a Successful Book Blurb – Rose Atkinson Carter Around 4 million books are published each year, so how can you make yours stand out? In addition to composing a stellar manuscript and coming up with an exciting cover and title, another important element to consider is your book’s blurb. Often up to 200 words long, blurbs — which are typically found on a book’s back cover — present…

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Kindlepreneur Free Amazon Book Description Generator

Access this free Kindlepreneur Book Description Generator tool to help you build beautiful book descriptions using simple CSS and WYSIWYG in

Okay, so this is what AI is useful for! The tool was originally to help with formatting, but they've added optional AI to it as well.

Human does the creative bit - AI gives it a little extra zing.

To be clear, the tool is not writing the description from scratch or from the contents of your book, you give it your previously created book description and it organises it to give it some extra oomph.

Example

My original blurb for a recent short story:

Joshua, a British climber on the exciting international climbing circuit, can heal those he cares about. No one outside his family knows, but when his best friend, Ethan, nearly dies in a soloing accident, Joshua has to act. He’s been secretly in love with his friend for years, he can’t let him die, but is his gift strong enough, will his secret get out, and what will Ethan think when he learns the truth?

Find out in this LGBTQ+ climbing romance.

The blurb this new tool came up with:

Danger and desire collide in this LGBTQ+ climbing romance! When Joshua, a British climber on the international climbing circuit, discovers his best friend, Ethan, has been in a soloing accident, he must act quickly. Not only is Joshua in love with Ethan, but he also has a secret gift that could save his friend's life. In a race against the clock, Joshua must decide how much of his secret he can reveal without risking everything he holds dear. Can he heal Ethan in time, and if so, what will Ethan think when he learns the truth? Find out in this thrilling and romantic story of love and adventure.

If you enjoy romantic tension, you'll love this LGBTQ+ climbing romance. Grab your copy now!

Let's face it, it's simply more exciting.

I don't care what anyone says, writing descriptions/blurbs for books is a skill of its own. I always struggle to write really good descriptions even though I've been doing this for over 10 years. I'm a lot better than I was (oh god, you should see some of my original ones), but it's still so hard!

Big publishing houses have people whose specific role is to do this because they just get it (at least that was the impression I got at a seminar I went to once - HarperCollins were trying to explain how they do book blurbs and they had one guy everyone looked to because it's a dark art).

I do my best to follow the formulae on all the 'How to..' sites, and I get the info in there, but it lacks a bit of marketing magic. This free tool gives it the extra zing.

Actually the Kindlepreneur site has lots of lovely tools for self-pub authors, some free, some not free. I used their Publisher Rocket for figuring out good keywords all the time and their category search is so useful too. So many great tutorials as well.

[EDIT: And yes, the AI does sometimes get it wrong - that's why humans will always be better than AI 😉]

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The importance of a good book blurb

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2023 Books 2: The Emperor's Edge

Do you prefer serious or campy fantasy? Let's chat about The Emperor's Edge! #bookreview #amreading

High fantasy in an era of steam? An ensemble cast with a strong female lead? Recommended by a friend? I was definitely excited to delve into this one. Do you think I was thrilled or disappointed? Let’s take a look at the usual book stats then jump into my reviews. The Emperor’s Edge by Lindsay Buroker Book 1 of 9 Published: December 22, 2010 Amazon: 2,898 ratings; 4.4 avg Goodreads: 14,337…

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