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I truly delight in receiving them as an author. Sometimes I see a blurb on a book jacket and it manages to make the book sound more compelling than the official synopsis ever could. And ...

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The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. Kai Ryssdal: For those unfamiliar with the blurb economy — and first of all, there is a blurb economy — how does it work?

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The “blurb” in this context does not mean the summary of the book on the back cover, as we know it here. Manning means puff quotes – endorsement quotes like “a gripping tour-de-force by a ...

A “blurb” (also known as a “quote”) is an endorsement, often from another author, celebrity or public figure, which publishers include on the covers and inside pages of new books.