How to Blurb and Blurb and Blurb

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How to Blurb and Blurb and Blurb

I"ve given a workout to adverbs like “tremendously” and “incredibly,” and adjectives like “brilliant” and “fascinating.” I have blurbed memoirs, novels, comic books, children"s books and a half-dozen book proposals. I accidentally used the exact same …
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THIS IS THE STORY OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE, by Ann Patchett. (Harper Perennial, $ 15.99.) These sparkling personal essays, by the author of “Bel Canto” and “State of Wonder,” cover the quotidian and the profound: from Patchett"s passion for opera and her …
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How do movie blurbs work? – Christopher Beam – Slate Magazine

A full-page ad in the New York Times for Fantastic Mr. Fox includes the endorsement: ""Grade A. The #1 Must-See Movie" For Thanksgiving." Although this quote is attributed to Entertainment Weekly, it does not actually appear in the magazine"s review.
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