The many admiring blurbs on the back of the book jacket made me want to read the book right away. From LearnThat.org.
Here's the blurb from the Who is Jenna Fox website. From Wordnik.com. [Friday Book Club & Interview with Mary E. Pearson: The Adoration of Jenna Fox] Reference
But this one had a blurb from the editor of ERB-dom. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: Books That Hold Special Places in Our Hearts and On Our Shelves] Reference
Here's the blurb from the promo material from the book. From Wordnik.com. [Jan. 21th, 2009 - Issue 0.037] Reference
Here's the blurb from the Forbes sign up page (it's free too). From Wordnik.com. [June 2007] Reference
Your headline for this little blurb is misleading and bad reporting. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton: Vetting process for administration jobs 'a nightmare'] Reference
A blurb is kind of the best and worst of a situation don't ya think?. From Wordnik.com. [Angels' Blood Countdown: Vivi Anna - The Vampire's Quest] Reference
The core of the blurb is typically the main character, his goal and his conflict. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Do You Have Any Writing Questions?] Reference
Either way, her blurb is really, really good and I'm glad she enjoyed it so much. From Wordnik.com. [Shameless LCC Photos Pt. 2] Reference
And I hope I'm remembering everything right and that my little blurb is accurate. From Wordnik.com. [The Best of 2009 Blog Challenge! Dec. 4th] Reference
Great covers make me look twice and if the blurb is interesting I'll buy the book!. From Wordnik.com. [Countdown to Branded By Fire: 2 days to go!] Reference
We just got in a great blurb from the legendary writer of military SF, David Drake. From Wordnik.com. [David Drake likes Yukikaze! Excitement abounds! « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science.] Reference
I first saw the news on TMZ in a small title blurb in the netscape entertainment section. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
Jonna, I just copied this little blurb from the website for The US Embassy in Mexico City. From Wordnik.com. [Charge for Mexican passport?] Reference
Erected a laminated mini poster with a book blurb from the 2006 Simon and Schuster catalogue. From Wordnik.com. [péquenaud - French Word-A-Day] Reference
The "previous blogger" link in the Firefly/Serenity blurb is the same as the Father Oakley link. From Wordnik.com. [Tube Bits For 09/04/07] Reference
This is a blurb from the last part of the page that explains quite well where this man is coming from. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: November 12, 2006 - November 18, 2006 Archives] Reference
Since they've officially translated it, can I just paste the blurb from the English site for this show?. From Wordnik.com. [AnimeBlogger.net Antenna] Reference
The blurb is a direct quote from The Columbia Gazetteer of North America a standard geographical encyclopedia. From Wordnik.com. [Help to find island's name] Reference
But I always enjoy when I finish a great read and then notice the blurb is by another favorite of mine. — maria. From Wordnik.com. [How Much Do Book Blurbs Matter? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
A very nice blurb from a very tough critic who was not going to cut me any slack for the years we've known each other. From Wordnik.com. [new blurb for STAYING DEAD] Reference
Gelett Burgess (1866 – 1951) coined both blurb and tintiddle, though blurb is sometimes attributed to Brander Matthews. From Wordnik.com. [April « 2009 « Sentence first] Reference
The blurb is really intriguing (do I write this right?. From Wordnik.com. [Blaze of Memory Blurb] Reference
Here’s a blurb from the site, explaining what the book is all about. From Wordnik.com. [Web Teacher › InterAct scores a big w00t with new book and site] Reference
Write a 100-150 word blurb-style article on any currently running game. From Wordnik.com. [ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network] Reference
(If you read to the end of this blurb, that is, you dilettante monkey.). From Wordnik.com. [Filthy Commerce] Reference
But I THINK I've got the program book 200-250 word blurb on me written!. From Wordnik.com. [Back To The Salt Mines] Reference
The assignment was to write a short, 100 word blurb / essay about "dead". From Wordnik.com. [Shelli's Sentiments] Reference
The blurb is a bit sketchy, so check out those reviews that Mulluane linked. From Wordnik.com. [Debut Showcase: The Crown Conspiracy by Michael J. Sullivan] Reference
I’ve got two main issues here: His blurb is from a “Business Owner” in Kansas?. From Wordnik.com. [Greatest Secret Ever Told: Defiant Children « Awful Library Books] Reference
Asking someone for a blurb is the literary equivalent of asking them to help you move. From Wordnik.com. [Forbeck.com] Reference
She tells me that at Random House, the blurb is the traditionally the editor's domain. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
A blurb is a micro-review of a book, commenting upon its strengths, usually in general terms. From Wordnik.com. [Author! Author! » Blog Archive » How to write a really good query letter, part III: eschewing the annoyance factor, or, hey, wasn’t that tree alive yesterday?] Reference
I'm not talking about a 50 word blurb on the back of the latest album by the Strokes or Napalm Death. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-25] Reference
"I am too lazy to write a three-word blurb like Instapundit, but wanna go on a linkarrhea anyway"? tamim. From Wordnik.com. [debut of links - Anil Dash] Reference
Another club member pointed out that Eat Pray Love's Elizabeth Gilbert did the blurb, which is pretty huge. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference
And also thanks for the cover blurb, which is raising a few eyebrows in a way that is perfectly hilarious. From Wordnik.com. [Stross, Westerfeld and Priest: It’s a Good Week (Plus a Pimping Thread) « Whatever] Reference
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