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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.

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  • I chose to read it because of the cover blurb, which is always a dangerous thing to do. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 03 - September 1996
  • But the blurb was by Peter Beagle, and he compared this author to Robin McKinley. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 03 - September 1996
  • The reason he has the blurb is because he's a relevant expert. —  Libertarian Blog Place
  • The Twilight books, including the cover and the blurb are all attention grabbers. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • A quote from Ali Smith on the front plus a frankly incomprehensible blurb were almost enough to put me off. —  Me And My Big Mouth
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  1. Coined by Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), American humorist.
 

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