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Front and Back Matter: An Overview
by, Jill Swenson
August 2, 2016

Front Matter is one of the last sections of a book manuscript for an author to complete. But it’s the first thing a reader sees. Before page 1, there are several items that appear in the front pages of any book. Some pages are mandatory: title, copyright, and table of contents. Others are optional. Every page before the first one in Chapter 1 is paginated… [Read More]

Filed Under: Appendices, Author's Introduction, Bibliography, endnotes, Epigraph, Foreword, Glossary, Index, preface, Table of Contents
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Using Citation Machine to Credit Information for your Non-Fiction Manuscript
by, Claire Webber
May 28, 2013
Using Citation Machine for Citations in Non-Fiction Manuscripts - Project Gutenberg Image

You may think you left citations behind when you finished writing college papers, but if you are writing non-fiction these little footprints of authority are more important than ever. In school, your references to others’ work is a matter of intellectual honesty and under Fair Use of the Copyright Act, attribution of the source is sufficient. When you are writing a book that will be… [Read More]

Filed Under: APA, Bibliography, CitationMachine.net, citations, citing sources in non-fiction, endnotes, footnotes, MLA, references, Turabian, University of Chicago Manual of Style
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Table of Contents in a Book Proposal
by, Jill Swenson
January 15, 2013

Preparing a book proposal for submission to a publisher or an agent requires you write a Table of Contents (TOC). This should be an outline of the book concept you plan to propose. Simple enough? Simple is not the same as easy. To begin this document, start with a list of your chapters. Do you have chapter titles? Are the chapters divided into sections or… [Read More]

Filed Under: Acknowledgements, Back Matter, Bibliography, Front Matter, Table of Contents, TOC
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