Blurb
noun
A short description or introduction, often written on a book cover, to advertise it.
The blurb on the back cover of the book gives a quick summary of what it's about.
Often appears as...
- book blurb
- back cover blurb
noun
A brief promotion or advertisement, such as for a product or service.
The company's new product was introduced with a catchy blurb on their website.
Often appears as...
- product blurb
- website blurb
Usage tips
Marketing
verb
To write or create a short advertisement or description for something.
She was asked to blurb her friend's new book.
Often appears as...
- blurb a book
- blurb a product
noun
A short description or introduction, often written on a book cover, to advertise it.
The blurb on the back cover of the book gives a quick summary of what it's about.
Often appears as...
- book blurb
- back cover blurb
noun
A brief promotion or advertisement, such as for a product or service.
The company's new product was introduced with a catchy blurb on their website.
Often appears as...
- product blurb
- website blurb
Usage tips
Marketing
verb
To write or create a short advertisement or description for something.
She was asked to blurb her friend's new book.
Often appears as...
- blurb a book
- blurb a product
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Advertising Tool
A blurb attracts readers by highlighting what's unique or exciting about the book.
The blurb highlighted the book’s thrilling mystery.
Pro Tip 2/3Concise Summary
Blurb should be brief yet informative enough to give a clear idea about the content.
His novel’s blurb was short but intriguing.
Pro Tip 3/3Hook the Reader
Use engaging language in a blurb to pique interest without giving away key plot points.
The blurb promised an adventure of a lifetime.
Pro Tip 1/3Advertising Tool
A blurb attracts readers by highlighting what's unique or exciting about the book.
The blurb highlighted the book’s thrilling mystery.
Pro Tip 2/3Concise Summary
Blurb should be brief yet informative enough to give a clear idea about the content.
His novel’s blurb was short but intriguing.
Pro Tip 3/3Hook the Reader
Use engaging language in a blurb to pique interest without giving away key plot points.
The blurb promised an adventure of a lifetime.
Pro Tip 1/3Advertising Tool
A blurb attracts readers by highlighting what's unique or exciting about the book.
The blurb highlighted the book’s thrilling mystery.
Pro Tip 2/3Concise Summary
Blurb should be brief yet informative enough to give a clear idea about the content.
His novel’s blurb was short but intriguing.
Pro Tip 3/3Hook the Reader
Use engaging language in a blurb to pique interest without giving away key plot points.
The blurb promised an adventure of a lifetime.
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Virginia Postrel: The...
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Virginia Postrel: The...
Except that light doesn't work this way in the real world. When you stack people in rows, the ones in the background look smaller than the ones in the foreground -- but not in the world of glamour. What glamour is all about -- I took this from a blurb
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Terry Zwigoff
American Director
I've stopped going to see art films because every critic gives them four stars and say things like 'masterpiece,' 'spellbinding' and 'mesmerizing.' I mean, they're doing that with my film, but I don't want to use those blurbs. Critical reviews aren't worth too much anymore because just about every film can get one or two of them.
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Miriam Toews
Canadian Writer
The requests for blurbs seem to come in waves. I'm not sure what precipitates them. I think it must be excruciating for editors to draft those elaborate letters asking for a blurb, and I know it's torturous for us writers to ask directly. But publishers encourage us to. Rock and a hard place.
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Alice Sebold
American Writer
The relationship with the words someone uses is more intimate and integrated than just a quick read and a blurb can ever be. This intimacy - the words on the page being sent back and forth from engaged editor to open author - is unique in my experience.
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Lou Holtz
American Coach
At home I have a copy of the April 21, 1986, issue of 'Sports Illustrated.' I'm on the cover with the blurb, 'Can Lou Do It?' I'd just arrived at Notre Dame, and with spring football underway, I was the focal point of that week's coverage.
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Tom Hodgkinson
British Writer
Of all the depressing abuses of language in business, there is none that gets me so incensed as the rampant overuse of the word 'passionate' in company slogans, marketing blurbs, mission statements and on the sides of vans.
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Alice Levine
British Entertainer
We all make snap judgments on small amounts of information. We do it all the time with online dating, deciding whether to spend time someone on the basis of a short blurb and three pics.
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Gabrielle Zevin
American Author
Writing blurbs for books means you have to read the book, and it cuts into the business of bookselling. So every time I get a blurb from a bookseller, I try to write a thank you note.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Accuse a person of breaking all Ten Commandments, and you've written the promo blurb for the dust cover of his tell-all memoir.
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Jennifer Egan
American Novelist
I blurb a lot of books by women, and I'm eager to provide encouragement and support for young women.
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Sonny Mehta
Indian Editor
A blurb might bring a reader to a book, but then the book itself has to do the rest of the work.
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Terry Zwigoff
American Director
I've stopped going to see art films because every critic gives them four stars and say things like 'masterpiece,' 'spellbinding' and 'mesmerizing.' I mean, they're doing that with my film, but I don't want to use those blurbs. Critical reviews aren't worth too much anymore because just about every film can get one or two of them.
Quote examples
Miriam Toews
Canadian Writer
The requests for blurbs seem to come in waves. I'm not sure what precipitates them. I think it must be excruciating for editors to draft those elaborate letters asking for a blurb, and I know it's torturous for us writers to ask directly. But publishers encourage us to. Rock and a hard place.
Quote examples
Alice Sebold
American Writer
The relationship with the words someone uses is more intimate and integrated than just a quick read and a blurb can ever be. This intimacy - the words on the page being sent back and forth from engaged editor to open author - is unique in my experience.
Quote examples
Lou Holtz
American Coach
At home I have a copy of the April 21, 1986, issue of 'Sports Illustrated.' I'm on the cover with the blurb, 'Can Lou Do It?' I'd just arrived at Notre Dame, and with spring football underway, I was the focal point of that week's coverage.
Quote examples
Tom Hodgkinson
British Writer
Of all the depressing abuses of language in business, there is none that gets me so incensed as the rampant overuse of the word 'passionate' in company slogans, marketing blurbs, mission statements and on the sides of vans.
Quote examples
Alice Levine
British Entertainer
We all make snap judgments on small amounts of information. We do it all the time with online dating, deciding whether to spend time someone on the basis of a short blurb and three pics.
Quote examples
Gabrielle Zevin
American Author
Writing blurbs for books means you have to read the book, and it cuts into the business of bookselling. So every time I get a blurb from a bookseller, I try to write a thank you note.
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Accuse a person of breaking all Ten Commandments, and you've written the promo blurb for the dust cover of his tell-all memoir.
Quote examples
Jennifer Egan
American Novelist
I blurb a lot of books by women, and I'm eager to provide encouragement and support for young women.
Quote examples
Sonny Mehta
Indian Editor
A blurb might bring a reader to a book, but then the book itself has to do the rest of the work.
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