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Originally Posted by Andrew Frisardi
...A book without blurbs in the U.S. now would be like printing an announcement on the back of the book: This is a book by no one that amounts to nothing.
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I can think of only one counterexample: the terrific poem "Anti-blurb," which appeared alone (if I remember correctly) on the back cover of A.E. Stallings's second book
Hapax.
I can't resist adding this link:
Snark & Blurb: a dialogue.