How can I see all the books that PersonX has written blurbs/endorsements for?

droopy · 07-02-2020, 11:26 AM

How can I find all the books that PersonX has written blurbs/endorsements for?

pdurrant · 07-02-2020, 11:59 AM

You can't. Unless they've kept a record and are willing to tell you.

Quoth · 07-02-2020, 12:21 PM

Pay Google (or Amazon who own Goodreads) lots of money to Advertise to them?

You probably can't afford it.

droopy · 07-02-2020, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Quoth

Pay Google (or Amazon who own Goodreads) lots of money to Advertise to them?

You probably can't afford it.

advertise? Whatchoo talking about?

Sarmat89 · 07-02-2020, 12:58 PM

After years of praising EPUB format with its oh-so-powerful metadata such small task is still impossible. That figures.

droopy · 07-02-2020, 01:00 PM

It's interesting that in Overdrive.com, author searchers include those who write the forewords for books. Wish there was an option for searching_for/filtering_by endorsers.

maddz · 07-02-2020, 01:22 PM

It's got nothing to do with the format - somebody has to create the metadata to load into the database in the first place. So there's a nice little project for you.

Besides - the Stephen King with a little snippet quoted on the cover may not be the author Stephen King.

pdurrant · 07-02-2020, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Sarmat89

After years of praising EPUB format with its oh-so-powerful metadata such small task is still impossible. That figures.

Oh - do you mean just those books that are in your calibre library?

droopy · 07-02-2020, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Oh - do you mean just those books that are in your calibre library?

If you were asking me, nope, I don't want to limit it to just my library.

ZodWallop · 07-02-2020, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by maddz

Besides - the Stephen King with a little snippet quoted on the cover may not be the author Stephen King.

It probably is. That guy is a blurbing fool.

pdurrant · 07-03-2020, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by droopy

If you were asking me, nope, I don't want to limit it to just my library.

In that case, my answer stands.

Quoth · 07-03-2020, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by droopy

advertise? Whatchoo talking about?

Probably Google and/or Amazon do have all (or lots more than reviewed book and a name) the information about people leaving reviews. Google sells that. Amazon may only use it for their own marketing.

murraypaul · 07-03-2020, 05:40 AM

The question is about endorsements printed in the book, not reviews on websites.

droopy · 07-03-2020, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by murraypaul

The question is about endorsements printed in the book, not reviews on websites.

Yes, exactly, MurrayPaul. This is what I mean. blurbs within a book.

DNSB · 07-03-2020, 02:08 PM

One article that I found interesting: Stephen King on the ''art'' of the blurb.

And if anyone can remember the name of a prolific blurb writer for movies who once commented that he never let not having seen the movie affect his ability to write a blurb for it.

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pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 73,935 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	You can't. Unless they've kept a record and are willing to tell you.

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Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,010 Karma: 105092227 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Pay Google (or Amazon who own Goodreads) lots of money to Advertise to them? You probably can't afford it.

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Sarmat89 Fanatic Posts: 516 Karma: 2268308 Join Date: Nov 2015 Device: none	After years of praising EPUB format with its oh-so-powerful metadata such small task is still impossible. That figures.

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droopy Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 2912460 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kobo Forma	It's interesting that in Overdrive.com, author searchers include those who write the forewords for books. Wish there was an option for searching_for/filtering_by endorsers.

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maddz Wizard Posts: 1,403 Karma: 30039536 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Device: Kobo Forma, Icarus, iPad Mini 2, Kobo Touch, Google Nexus 7	It's got nothing to do with the format - somebody has to create the metadata to load into the database in the first place. So there's a nice little project for you. Besides - the Stephen King with a little snippet quoted on the cover may not be the author Stephen King.

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murraypaul Interested Bystander Posts: 3,726 Karma: 19728152 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Note 4, Kobo One	The question is about endorsements printed in the book, not reviews on websites.

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DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,149 Karma: 168983734 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	One article that I found interesting: Stephen King on the ''art'' of the blurb. And if anyone can remember the name of a prolific blurb writer for movies who once commented that he never let not having seen the movie affect his ability to write a blurb for it.

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