: Re: Writing book jacket copy - first person perspective I am currently writing the text for my book jacket. My book is a novel and it's written in the first person. Does that mean that the text

Personally, I would find it pretty smart for a jacket to be in the first person, especially if the book is this way. I don't think that many people would notice, but some will.

Now, generally most books I've seen use the other way round

Anne thought she had the perfect marriage. That is until...

Because what you'd need in the jacket is a summary and this way seems a pretty simple way to summarize your book.

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