Comments on: Book Cover Blurbs Should Die http://www.feld.com/archives/2014/02/book-cover-blurbs-die.html Sat, 10 Oct 2015 13:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: pointsnfigures http://www.feld.com/archives/2014/02/book-cover-blurbs-die.html#comment-159921 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 14:25:00 +0000 http://local.feld.com/?p=9986#comment-159921 haha, thanks for the forward thinking lesson on forewards!

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By: bfeld http://www.feld.com/archives/2014/02/book-cover-blurbs-die.html#comment-159919 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:05:00 +0000 http://local.feld.com/?p=9986#comment-159919 I like Forewords. And, as my friend Seth Godin has schooled me several times, it’s “foreword”, not “forward.” The history (at least from Wikipedia) is kind of fund. “The word foreword was first used around the mid-17th century (originally used as a term in philology). It was possibly a loan translation of Dutch voorwoord or German Vorwort, themselves calques of Latin praefatio.”

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By: pointsnfigures http://www.feld.com/archives/2014/02/book-cover-blurbs-die.html#comment-159917 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:57:00 +0000 http://local.feld.com/?p=9986#comment-159917 What about thoughtful forwards? Or Preludes that aren’t included on the binder of the book, but are actually the beginning part of the book? America 3.0 is one book that had a nice forward which set up the premise.

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By: bfeld http://www.feld.com/archives/2014/02/book-cover-blurbs-die.html#comment-159857 Mon, 03 Mar 2014 03:48:00 +0000 http://local.feld.com/?p=9986#comment-159857 Right on the money comment I got via email:

I think you are right on with this. When I go to buy a book online, I look at the customer reviews. I look at a few of the best rating reviews (5 stars) and a few of the worse (1-2 star commentaries) and then finalize my decision about making the purchase. If the 5 star and 1 star rating reviews are full of noise (friends of author or enemy of author), then I hardly pay attention to what they say and read some of the other reviews. And you’re right the consumer can see right through all of the blurb bull shit.

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By: bfeld http://www.feld.com/archives/2014/02/book-cover-blurbs-die.html#comment-159853 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 22:17:00 +0000 http://local.feld.com/?p=9986#comment-159853 Good luck on the novel. Take a look at FGPress.com for more context.

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By: Nadia McDonald http://www.feld.com/archives/2014/02/book-cover-blurbs-die.html#comment-159852 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 22:07:00 +0000 http://local.feld.com/?p=9986#comment-159852 I am currently working on my first novel. There is a lot I can learn from this debate. I am also an avid reader. I will sit back and listen to the comments. When I have gain enough information on this platform, then I will voice my opinions.

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By: Nadia McDonald http://www.feld.com/archives/2014/02/book-cover-blurbs-die.html#comment-159851 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 22:04:00 +0000 http://local.feld.com/?p=9986#comment-159851 Could suppose bring me up to speed. I am new to this forum.

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By: bfeld http://www.feld.com/archives/2014/02/book-cover-blurbs-die.html#comment-159850 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 21:36:00 +0000 http://local.feld.com/?p=9986#comment-159850 We have a variety of colors and different cover designs.

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By: RBC http://www.feld.com/archives/2014/02/book-cover-blurbs-die.html#comment-159849 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 18:49:00 +0000 http://local.feld.com/?p=9986#comment-159849 Brad, by going blurbless you are pursuing Seth Godin’s ‘purple cow’ approach. Separately, what will the color of your cover be? Go have a look at a large book store, specifically the color of the romance novels, vs. mystery, vs westerns … odd conventions live on in many ways in the publishing industry.

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By: bfeld http://www.feld.com/archives/2014/02/book-cover-blurbs-die.html#comment-159848 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 17:28:00 +0000 http://local.feld.com/?p=9986#comment-159848 Love it!

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