Each week, I head to the Amazon bestseller list to find a super-enticing book description and then breakdown what makes it so good…so that you can use the the techniques and strategies to write a stellar book description.
Week #14 – Sarah J. Maas – A Game of Thorns & Roses
In this weeks blurb breakdown, we see a prime example of showing verse telling, using active language, and understanding what makes us buy. #WritingCommunity #Blurbology #Amwriting
Week #13 – Mike Gayle – Brand New Friend
Here’s a breakdown of the book description for Mike Gayle’s humorous fiction story, Brand New Friend.
Week #12 – Ken Follett – A Place Called Freedom
When you’ve got two main characters, how you structure the book description is key to avoiding confusion. Here’s a good example of how it’s done.
Week #11 – Bella Mackie – How to Kill Your Family
This week’s blurb breakdown is short and sweet… but oh boy does it pack a punch. We’ve got ‘Ooh’ moments, alliteration, and sandwiches.
Week #10 – Anita Waller – The Family at No 12
Here’s a breakdown of what’s working in this bestselling psychological thriller book description. It’s pretty explosive stuff.
Week #9 – Cody Smith – Stage Fight
Here’s a non-fiction book description that nails its target audience and the problem using the PAS (problem, agitate, solution) copywriting formula.
Week #8 – Sarah Morgan – Beach House Summer
This weeks book description breakdown is a holiday romance that offers an alternative way of formatting the hook.
Week #7 – Misty M Beller – The Lady and the Mountain Man
This week’s breakdown takes a look at open loops and asks, is it ok to close a loop in a blurb?
Week #6 – David Walliams – Spaceboy
Need to write a children’s book description? This breakdown of David Walliams’ book description for Spaceboy show’s how to layer in social proof and build desire.
Week #5 – Claire Douglas – The Girls who disappeared
This book description goes all in on the social proof. What can we learn from breakdown this bestselling book description?
Week #4 – Miriam Margolyes, This much is true
Week #4 – Learn how to write a book description for a biography – here’s the breakdown of techniques used to sell Miriam Margolyes’ biography.
Week #3 – C J Cooke – The Ghost Woods
Week #3 – Breaking down the blurb – How CJ Cooke uses the setting as the main selling point for her bestselling book – The Ghost Woods.
Week #2 – Taylor Jenkins Reid – The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Week #2 – Breaking down the blurb – what’s working in this contemporary romance bestseller by Taylor Jenkins Reid?
Week #1 – Blake Crouch – Upgrade
What makes a great book description? Check out this breakdown of Blake Crouch’s bestseller and use the techniques on your own blurb.