For the novelist Rebecca Makkai, writing blurbs had become nearly a full-time job. She explains why blurbs matter — and why ...

Sure, hardcover books are shiny and solid. They look great on a bookshelf. But I’ve moved too often and travel too frequently ...

But people are buying books. Up to 700 million of ’em a year. Readers spend roughly $9.1 billion on books in the U.S. annually. About 65% of adults in the U.S. have read a physical book in the last 12 ...