Explosive. Searing. Volatile. That’s how Sean Manning felt about the prattle on every second book cover. Even those he’d published, where a novel looked naked without such blurb cliches as uproarious, ...

Publishers Weekly put out an article by Sean Manning – publisher of Simon & Schuster’s flagship US imprint – in which he said ...

Anne Rice is most famous for writing the series “The Vampire Chronicles” with the first book being “Interview with a Vampire.” This book was her debut novel in 1976 but was based on a short story she ...

On the back cover of “Beartooth,” a blurb from novelist Junot Diaz compares it to “A Simple Plan,” which is both high praise and a very dangerous game to be ...