jacket copy
Cover's promotional text
Jacket copy is the promotional text printed on a book's dust jacket or back cover, summarizing the content and enticing readers to buy.
It typically includes a plot synopsis, author credentials, and praise quotes.
Publishers craft jacket copy to sell rather than describe—expect hyperbole: The jacket copy promised a gripping thriller, but I found it tedious.
- blurbBrief promotional text
- book descriptionPublisher's summary of contents
- synopsisCondensed version of content
- back coverBook's posterior surface
- summaryCondensed account of essentials
teaser · back matter · endorsement · praise · pull quote · publisher · bestseller · page turner · hardcover · paperback · trade paperback · spine · flap · author bio · hook · pitch · marketing · quote
- Blurbsteaser, tagline, synopsis, excerpt, summary
- Book Coversbook cover, cover art, cover design, cover image, front cover
- book promotionbook launch, book tour, book signing, book signings, book trailer
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books
jacket copybody text
Document's main prose
critical analysis · scholarly apparatus · footnotes · bibliography · index
jacket copycritical review
Evaluative assessment of work
literary criticism · scholarly analysis · negative review · book review · academic critique
jacket, copy, jackets, jacketed, copies, copied, copying, copier, copiers