[New-Poetry] Blurbiest

[Roger Day]

I *always* judge a book by it's cover. I particularly dislike these
sorts of quotes on the front cover:

"Brilliant!!!" The Hastings Evening Herald Examiner

R

On 9/1/06, JforJames at aol.com <JforJames at aol.com> wrote:
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> I've published a few books, and every time I've suggested to
> the poet that we dispense with blurbs, I get rebuffed. I've never
> bought a book based on either what was written or who has
> written on the back cover. Of course it's a phenomenom of
> more recent times that every inch of a book cover must be filled in
> with art / design elements / text. Give us our glut.
> Finnegan
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