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Bibliophobia, Book Blurbs, and More

Bibliophobia, Book Blurbs, and More

Is this the end of book blurbs?

Feb 05, 2025
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Soliciting book blurbs is time-consuming, dispiriting, and occasionally mortifying. So Simon & Schuster is getting rid of them... more »

Bibliophobia presents occasionally as a literal fear of books. More often it’s an anxiety about reading for those with deep connections to literature... more »

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