blurbist

English

Etymology

From blurb +‎ -ist.

Noun

blurbist (plural blurbists)

1. A writer of blurbs.
   • 1978 July 23, William Cole, “The Blurb and I”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Months later I met one of the blurbists (that's a word in Webster's Fourth) and found that the author in question, aside from being a fine fellow and vice president of an important movie company, had been dying of cancer at the time the blurbs were requested.

   • 1996 December 8, Pico Iyer, “Jacketeering”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     We scan the pages of the book to see what the hidden connection between blurbist and blurbee might be.