blurb


the short text used to describe or sell a product or service

TRANSLATION

Werbetext

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

As a standard response to the numerous requests which she received to favorably review books by fellow authors, Margaret Atwood once composed a poem which concluded thus:

So I wish you good luck, and your author and book,
Which I hope to read later, with glee*.
Long may you publish and search out the blurbs,
Though you will not get any from me.

glee = die Fröhlichkeit

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blurb

a promotional statement or text (as found on the dust jackets of books)

synonym: endorsement


Typical sentence:

You can read the price in the BLURB on the back of the book.

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