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Defining Front and Back Matter for Nonfiction Books

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by Lynne Klippel (used with permission) Have you heard the terms Front and Back Matter and been wondering what they mean? Front matter refers to all the pages in a book that come in front of the manuscript. Common components of the front matter include the title page, legal or copyright page, a foreword, dedication, [...]

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How Books Can Save Us

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by Mark Sanborn, CSP, CPAE (used with permission) I’ve always believed that books could save me. No matter what problem or difficulty I faced, no matter what I wanted to learn, somewhere there was a book that could provide me with the help I needed. Of course, that isn’t exactly true. Ultimately, it’s what you [...]

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How to Write a Book When You Can’t Seem to Get Around to It

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by Dan Poynter (used with permission) Many experts have all the ingredients to be successful published authors; they have a book inside them but cannot get it out. What they lack is the “recipe.” Recipe Secret #1: Write in pieces. It is hard to get started when you visualize the entire project. What is interesting [...]

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