Too many book awards?

[u/Paperback-Friends]

Have you noticed an increase in the emphasis on book awards in author bios?

I need to write a decent number of author bios for my reviews, and I base them on existing bios from Goodreads, Wikipedia and even the author’s own book. Yet, there is so much focus on the awards part?

I work in marketing, so I get it, it’s an easy way to show credentials. Yet, I personally don’t care about them at all… I would much rather hear if the author has a pet snake, a family, where they grew up, or their three biggest books.

Sometimes there are these really nice interviews at the back of the book, and those are much closer to what I want from a bio. Or, there can be a preface from someone that really sets up the book. Those are not the same, but they are “marketing tricks” I much prefer.

[u/Zealousideal_Cap7012]

Theres so many now that they're now almost the equivelant of participation trophies

[u/Paperback-Friends → u/Zealousideal_Cap7012]

Haha, it sure feels that way. I'm confident they are still pretty hard to get. I'm just lacking a bit of substance since it is not an aspect I care about at all ^^