Comments on: Endorsements

By: james montgomery boice

james montgomery boice — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:57:09 +0000

[...] … lunch with Linda Boice, the wife of the late James Montgomery Boice, listening to stories …Endorsements | Steve LaubeHow important are endorsements? (Those blurbs on the back of a book that exclaim A real [...]

By: Saoirse Redgrave

Saoirse Redgrave — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:29:44 +0000

Great advice and very important for authors to make those connections in advance if they can. We’re at this point with the first book in my debut series and I’m trying not to accidentally “use” authors I’ve met (and admire) to get blurbs/endorsements.

My editor’s been a great help in all this and I know it’ll all work out, but it can be stressful if you’re an author who is very focused on writing and not so much on the social aspects of the business.

By: Philip Ralli

Philip Ralli — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:45:34 +0000

As a publisher, I sometimes find that when the promised endorsement from the celeb arrives, it turns out to damn with faint praise: {‘X has written a promising first novel’} {‘an original take on a sometimes controversial subject’}.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:06:41 +0000

Congratulations Brandon on getting such great endorsements! I’ve been a fan of Mike Resnick for quite some time.

By: Richard Mabry

Richard Mabry — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:36:30 +0000

Steve,
Good advice about a factor many authors fail to consider in the midst of manuscript polishing, platform-building, and searching for comparables. Endorsements can help or hurt, and should be carefully considered and sought–the earlier the better.

By: Brandon Barr

Brandon Barr — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:17:06 +0000

This is great advice Steve. My co-author and I have found it best to start getting endorsements immediately. We’ve been lucky enough to score Mike Resnick for our sci-fi novel, and Bob Cornuke for our archeological adventure book!