How *not* to write a blurb
Mar. 10th, 2020 10:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrCheck this out:
https://www.amazon.com/Windup-Girl-Paolo-Bacigalupi-ebook/dp/B07BWQJBJC/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
It's the listing for the kindle version of "The Windup Girl". It talks about how great the author is (and used to go on that way for several more paragraphs) but say not one word about the *book*.
It popped up on the recommendations on my Kindle. And I was highly annoyed at the lack of info.
When I went searching for it on my PC so as to post this, I got the page for the paperback version, which *does* have info about the book. But the page for the kindle version (the link above) is still stupid.
Mind you, I've seen the same thing in the blurbs in actual printed books before. And it's usually a sign that you shouldn't buy the book.
https://www.amazon.com/Windup-Girl-Paolo-Bacigalupi-ebook/dp/B07BWQJBJC/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
It's the listing for the kindle version of "The Windup Girl". It talks about how great the author is (and used to go on that way for several more paragraphs) but say not one word about the *book*.
It popped up on the recommendations on my Kindle. And I was highly annoyed at the lack of info.
When I went searching for it on my PC so as to post this, I got the page for the paperback version, which *does* have info about the book. But the page for the kindle version (the link above) is still stupid.
Mind you, I've seen the same thing in the blurbs in actual printed books before. And it's usually a sign that you shouldn't buy the book.
