A guest post by Eli Keren

In a decision some might call “stunning” or a “tour-de-force,” new S&S publisher Sean Manning has decided to no longer require authors to obtain blurbs for their books. Here’s why.

A little-known writer who works in a bookshop, keeps pet snails and makes psychedelic music as Berlin Horse is the surprise winner of this year’s fiction prize. He reveals the story behind his ‘hazy, ...