jacket flap

Dustcover promotional panel

A jacket flap is one of the folded-over portions of a book's dust jacket that tuck inside the front and back covers.

The front flap typically carries a synopsis of the book's contents, while the back flap often features author biography and photo.

She read the jacket flap to decide if the novel was worth buying.

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endorsement · pull quote · hardcover · book · publisher · praise · binding · paperback · trade paperback · first edition · fold · crease · review · bestseller · literary · typography · book design · glossy

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book jacket components

jacket flapspine

Column of vertebrae

book spine · front cover · back cover · pages · endpapers

visibility/accessibility

jacket flapspine

Column of vertebrae

cover · front matter · title page · colophon

Family

jacket, flap, jackets, jacketed, jacketing, flaps, flapped, flapping, flapper

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G