Alane Salierno - GalleyCat http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat The First Word On the Book Publishing Industry Copyright 2013 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:48:05 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Editors Buzz Forums: Battle of the Blurbs In a BEA tradition yesterday, six editors described their favorite book of the season in the annual Editors Buzz Forum. For ten minutes apiece, these editors advocated for a particular book in a room filled with booksellers.

The annual event can teach you a lot about writing blurbs, particularly how to write one or two glittering sentences about a book. We’ve included a few choice examples below–how would you  describe your favorite book in a single, perfect sentence?

“It’s huge but familiar at the same time.” Little, Brown and Company publisher Michael Pietsch on  The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

“It gave me goosebumps. On my face.” Dutton senior editor Denise Roy on The Underside of Joy by Sere Prince Halverson
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]]> Jason Boog http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/editors-buzz-forums-battle-of-the-blurbs_b30797#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/editors-buzz-forums-battle-of-the-blurbs_b30797 http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/?p=30797 Tue, 24 May 2011 13:23:30 +0000