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Six months before the novel’s publication, Erskine had drafted the author bio for the book jacket.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The book jacket features a prominent blurb from Johnson calling the doctor’s treatise: “A gripping tale of corruption and courage that will open eyes and prompt serious questions.”

From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2025

On BookTok, where a flashed book jacket conveys a glimmer of a user’s inner life, a classic text can leave a durable impression.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2024

The matter does not fall under the remit of the Advertising Standards Authority because the quotes feature on a book jacket rather than in an advertisement.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2023

While reading Plato’s Republic, for instance, I needed to keep looking at the book jacket comments to remind myself what the text was about.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez


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