Do you read blurbs (quotes) on the front and/or back of books?
Survey expired 03/31/12
Total voters: 614
Question
 61% (374 votes) | Always |
| 36% (223 votes) | Sometimes |
| 3% (17 votes) | Never |
Do blurbs influence your book selections? Please check as many as apply.
| 51% (316 votes) | Yes, if the blurb is written by an author whose work I know |
| 23% (139 votes) | Yes, if the blurb is written by an author I have heard of |
| 35% (212 votes) | Yes, if the blurb is from a publication or reviewer I trust |
| 13% (80 votes) | Yes, if the blurb is from a publication or reviewer I have heard of |
| 54% (334 votes) | Yes, if the blurb makes the book sound appealing to me |
| 27% (167 votes) | Occasionally, if I don’t know much about the book |
| 4% (25 votes) | No, because I am not interested in reading promotional blurbs |
| 3% (16 votes) | No, because I would rather get the opinion of someone I know |
| 8% (49 votes) | No, because I already know enough about the books I am going to buy or borrow without reading the blurbs |
| 1% (8 votes) | I am not sure how I feel about blurbs. |
| 3% (18 votes) | Other (Please specify):- I mostly pick my books by what's written in the flyleaf, but some authors opinions matter to me.
- No, because I just go by what I like.
- Don't bother with blurbs if friends have already said, "You MUST read this!"
- I am interested in the opinions but don't rely on them to choose a book.
- No, I just enjoy reading opinions of authors I like and admire
- I don't read them.
- No because I don't trust that the blurb is always 100 percent real, and not just an author doing a favor for an author friend, o
- A lot of blurbs are paraphrased and taken out of context.
- don't really trust blurbs from other authors....they're not gonna give a bad one
- I read them but they do not influence me.
- I find the blurbs interesting but I will still make up my own mind by reading the book.
- I read all blurbs, but trust none of them.
- i HATE blurbs! just give me straight-up info about the story. i'll form my own opinion when i read it, thankyouverymuch!
- I heard they were just made up. Authors paid to allow.
- The cover has to grab me before I even will read the blurb
- Purely informational, take with grain of salt.
- No, because frequently author's assistants write the blurbs and they just sign off on them or it is required by their pub.house
- I know that authors are often required to give favorable reviews, and publication houses are going to give favorable comments.
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