One of the bigger publishing houses in the world, Simon and Schuster has announced they will no longer require blurbs.
And that's not blurbs as in the short summary on the back.
That's the quotes on the cover saying "this book changed my life!" and "i couldn't put it down!"
Claire Mabey is the founder of literary festival Verb Wellington, and The Spinoff's books editor, and joins Emile Donovan to talk about the art of the blurb.
Claire Mabey Photo: supplied
