i've always assumed the blurbs on books are mostly bullshit, but i still find them useful as a signal of other authors the publisher or author wants to be compa

i've always assumed the blurbs on books are mostly bullshit, but i still find them useful as a signal of other authors the publisher or author wants to be compared to. if a book has a blurb from Tom Clancy on it, i just interpret that as the same as the publisher putting a label on it saying "fans of Tom Clancy might like this"