David Louis Edelman is a writer and web programmer. His first book, Infoquake, was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best Novel and named Barnes & Noble's Top SF Novel of 2006. His latest novel, MultiReal, was released in July 2008.

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1. Do the Blurbs Sell the Book?  •  May 17, 2008
   Do author blurbs, advance praise, and review snippets on a book's cover or first page actually sell more books? And if so, how and why?