How can I refer to a quote from the back cover page of a book in my text?

erena11 · 2026-10-22T12:21:25+00:00

Hello,
I am using a quote from the back cover of a book. How can I refer to it in the text I am writing?
Thank you for your help

aborel · 2026-10-22T13:34:12+00:00

It depends, I can imagine several scenarios.

Who is quoting what in your case?

bwiernik · 2026-10-22T18:26:10+00:00

I would cite it as the whole book, include the quote in your main text and include “back cover” as the page number on your in-text citation

aborel · 2026-10-23T05:31:56+00:00

I think we really need more details to determine the proper course of action, this might not be sufficient. For example:
- did someone other than the book author write that quote?
- was the quote originally written in a different source?

erena11 · 2026-11-02T09:48:08+00:00

Hi, thanks for your feedbacks
The back cover summary is not signed, but I would imagine the author had his say and it actually sounds very much like his style...
The exact quote does not appear inside the book, but it really serves my purpose in being a brilliant synthesis.
Anyway, I found a solution : I deleted the "page" details, used the suffix line instead and wrote ", 4ème de couverture". The only hitch is that there is no way to edit the font for "ème" into superscript mode. But it will do.

aborel · 2026-11-02T09:53:57+00:00

All right, it makes sense in that case.
I think you can format the "ème" part using the sup HTML tag: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/sup