08-16-2022, 04:41 AM | #16 | |
Diligent dilettante
Posts: 3,416
Karma: 48736498
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: in my mind
Device: Kobo Sage; Kobo Libra H2O
|
Quote:
|
|
08-16-2022, 05:25 AM | #17 | |
Resident Curmudgeon
Posts: 73,894
Karma: 128597114
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
|
Quote:
|
|
08-16-2022, 05:30 AM | #18 | |
Resident Curmudgeon
Posts: 73,894
Karma: 128597114
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
|
Quote:
|
|
08-16-2022, 09:31 AM | #19 | |
Well trained by Cats
Posts: 29,779
Karma: 54830978
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The Central Coast of California
Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A
|
Quote:
Blurbs are cr*p. I complained about a rave from an Author that had been dead over 2 years. The answer, was the blurb was about the Author, not the book it was on |
|
08-16-2022, 02:49 PM | #20 | |
Fool
Posts: 377
Karma: 3557934
Join Date: Feb 2003
Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle PW1, Kobo Glo HD, Nook Glowlight Plus ...
|
Quote:
|
|
08-16-2022, 04:06 PM | #21 |
Diligent dilettante
Posts: 3,416
Karma: 48736498
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: in my mind
Device: Kobo Sage; Kobo Libra H2O
|
In terms of the scale of the shift, I prefer nice because it shifted from an insult to a (now) nondescript compliment. Anyone who subscribes to the etymological fallacy is being very nice.
|
08-22-2022, 10:31 AM | #22 | |
Bookmaker & Cat Slave
Posts: 11,460
Karma: 158448243
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Device: K2, iPad, KFire, PPW, Voyage, NookColor. 2 Droid, Oasis, Boox Note2
|
Quote:
Everyone else uses "blurb" to mean "book description." (Offered FWIW: the term "blurb" is defined as "a promotional statement (as found on the dust jacket of books)" Hitch |
|
09-08-2022, 09:24 AM | #23 |
Diligent dilettante
Posts: 3,416
Karma: 48736498
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: in my mind
Device: Kobo Sage; Kobo Libra H2O
|
The ebook edition of China Miéville's The City and the City that I'm worknig through at the moment has a blurb on the front that would have put me right off if I'd noticed
""If Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler's love child were raised by Franz Kafka, the writing that emerged might resemble. The City & The City" -Los Angeles Times" Couldn't get into Chandler, Kafka leaves me cold and Dick I've only read a couple of shorts from. Pleased I didn't notice this anti-blurb. |
09-08-2022, 02:45 PM | #24 | |
the rook, bossing Never.
Posts: 11,086
Karma: 85874891
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Ireland
Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11
|
I got an Alan Garner with a Preface by Philip Pullman. I felt insulted.
I made a rule years ago to avoid 3rd party prefaces added years after the book was originally published. This is really stupid an meaningless: Quote:
Not read much Dick(Variable quality?), but almost all Chandler (relaxing) & Kafka(not light!) Last edited by Quoth; 09-08-2022 at 02:48 PM. |
|
09-08-2022, 03:38 PM | #25 |
Resident Curmudgeon
Posts: 73,894
Karma: 128597114
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
|
@Uncle Robin, your blub (as a signature) should read...
AFLAK! |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
The dreaded underlined blue TOC | RobertMN | Conversion | 7 | 09-30-2013 04:05 PM |
The Dreaded Em Dash | AuthorGreg | Conversion | 35 | 07-23-2012 03:04 AM |
How to Prepare for the Dreaded FACTORY RESET...??? | pokee | Kobo Tablets | 6 | 11-10-2011 04:46 AM |
Avoiding the dreaded update | jenniren | Nook Developer's Corner | 3 | 01-26-2011 11:51 PM |
The Dreaded Slow Page Turns Have Hit | daffy4u | Amazon Kindle | 14 | 09-16-2010 07:52 AM |