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A book's trailer, except the studio is hoping you'll buy the whole thing.
means A short passage lifted from a larger work to sample, illustrate, or tempt.
from From Latin excerpere, to pluck out, blending ex (out) and carpere (to pick) — literally the act of cherry-picking text.
Shared rootCarpere also seeds carpe diem, seize the day.
Scribal tradeExcerpts once preserved books too costly to copy whole.
Sales toolPublishers leak excerpts as bait before release day.