A person who writes blurbs, especially jacket copy or promotional descriptions for books and media.
From 'blurb' plus the agent noun suffix '-ist,' which creates nouns for people who practice or specialize in something. This follows patterns like 'pianist' or 'novelist.'
Blurbists are basically wordsmiths of seduction—they have maybe 100 words to make someone buy a book, which is why the job requires serious skill and psychology knowledge.
The suffix '-ist' conventionally includes professional role vocabulary. 'Blurbist' would historically assume male practitioners; women were excluded from copywriting and marketing professions for much of the 20th century.
Use 'blurb writer' or 'blurbist' without gendered assumptions about practitioner identity.
["blurb writer","copywriter","promotional writer"]
Women pioneered copywriting and advertising (Helen Lansdowne Resor, Gertrude Boyle); their contributions were often uncredited despite transforming the field.
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