Promoted as a horror novel, the back cover blurb of the book warned that the contents were "Not for those with delicate stomachs."

I learned a ton from him, about comic storytelling, writing cover blurbs, composition.

After his retirement from the military, Petraeus offered his foreword as a cover blurb for the second edition.

(translated from the back cover blurb to the French edition)

Hewson's story was outlined in the back cover blurb:

When a cover blurb calls him "the best suspense writer going, bar none," the impulse to strike a revisionist pose is almost overwhelming.

The back cover blurb of the 1956 Cardinal paperback edition described the story with hyperbolic highlights:

I have it on the best authority, the cover blurb of They Came and Ate Us.

The concept was heralded in a back cover blurb:

To make this clear, each one uses Carl Hiaasen's name in a front cover blurb.