Backing Down on Book Blurbs: PW Talks with Sean Manning

Last week, Manning announced a change to the blurbing practice at S&S, no longer requiring authors to round up their own. “I have always found this so weird,” he said. We wanted to know more. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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