blurb
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Oh, it's called The Corrections, and the blurb is here.
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- noun A brief publicity notice, as on a book jacket.
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Oh, it's called The Corrections, and the blurb is here.
— readersguide Diary Entry -
Laurence Fishburne, the blurb is yours .. more .. comments (1) | permalink
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Reading the blurb is all well and good in these cases, but when there is no sort of indication of the genre I find it annoying.
— Grasping for the Wind -
The Twilight books, including the cover and the blurb are all attention grabbers.
— Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
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- Coined by Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), American humorist.
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