Are you speaking only of those blurbs where another author promotes the book? Or of the general summary blurbs that just are *part* of the book? (I'm guessing those are written by the author themselves, or the publicist? No idea....)
To be honest, I don't rely that much on those blurbs written by *other* authors, although if it's an author whose own work I've enjoyed, it catches my attention and I might also have a better sense of what *sort* of book it is (hoping that they would read and write in similar genres). I still usually rely mostly on reading the main "official" summary (what do you call that?) and flip through the book and read a few lines of actual text.
Hmmm... could you quote a favorite line? What would make *you* pick up this book you're trying to promote? If you were just telling a friend about it, in [however many] words or less, what would be the most important things you'd want to convey, to get them to read it? That you couldn't put it down? That the characters were engaging/real/delightful/fanciful/etc? The plot was original? Comforting? Suspenseful? Did the book make you think or cry or laugh?
I feel ridiculous saying these things to you, as I'm sure you've thought of them yourself. But I guess ... that's probably the approach I would take. I'd try to think of ways to promote the book to my friends if they gave me only a limited amount of space to do it, and pick out the things I felt were the most appealing and important to me personally (not 'commercially').
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To be honest, I don't rely that much on those blurbs written by *other* authors, although if it's an author whose own work I've enjoyed, it catches my attention and I might also have a better sense of what *sort* of book it is (hoping that they would read and write in similar genres). I still usually rely mostly on reading the main "official" summary (what do you call that?) and flip through the book and read a few lines of actual text.
Hmmm... could you quote a favorite line? What would make *you* pick up this book you're trying to promote? If you were just telling a friend about it, in [however many] words or less, what would be the most important things you'd want to convey, to get them to read it? That you couldn't put it down? That the characters were engaging/real/delightful/fanciful/etc? The plot was original? Comforting? Suspenseful? Did the book make you think or cry or laugh?
I feel ridiculous saying these things to you, as I'm sure you've thought of them yourself. But I guess ... that's probably the approach I would take. I'd try to think of ways to promote the book to my friends if they gave me only a limited amount of space to do it, and pick out the things I felt were the most appealing and important to me personally (not 'commercially').