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This week: Designing the Book (#2 of 3) Edited by: Carol St.Ann  
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The idea of self publishing is so interesting, so exciting, so daunting! I mean, where does one even start?
I’ll be continuing my mini-series on Self Publishing: Designing (the actual) Book. |
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Hello all you WDC party people! Happy 2025 I sincerely and prayerfully hope.
I’m dedicating this month’s Newsletter to my pal, Joey says" Happy 2025. Thank you for the support and encouragement!
I’ll be continuing my mini-series on Self Publishing: Designing (the actual) Book.
This month, after a quick review and a couple additions on Front Matter, I’m touching on Body Matter and concentrating on the Back Matter. If you’re interested in self publishing - or just curious, I hope you will find this informative and helpful.
Let’s get to it!
*Note: All parts are not necessary all the time. This list is meant to introduce you to the Necessary Parts as well as those that are optional. The secondary and possibly more significant emphasis is on the ordering.*
Front Matter:
The front part of the book. *I briefly define only those I did not go into depth about in last month’s mystery newsletter. While all of these will not be necessary, those that you include should appear in this order:
•Half Page Title (or bastard title).
•Frontispiece (Blank or illustration facing the book’s title page).
•Title page.
•Copyright notice (with any other publishing notices).
•Edition notice.
•Dedication.
•Blank page.
•Table of contents.
•List of figures.
•List of tables.
•Foreword.
•Preface (Editor’s / Author’s).
•Acknowledgments (May be part of the preface or in the back matter).
•Introduction.
•List of abbreviations or chronology.
•Epigraph: A short quote (can be on the title page or the back of dedication; sometimes replaces second half title, or faces the text.) (This additional explanation from Wikipedia is great: In literature, an epigraph is a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component. (It) may serve as a preface, as a summary, as a counter-example, or to link the work to a wider literary canon, either to invite comparison or to enlist a conventional context.
•Prologue.
Body Matter really doesn’t need to be expounded upon. It’s the fun stuff:
•Chapters.
•Parts. Use ‘em if y’a got ‘em.
And now for this month’s addition to the mix:
Back Matter. In this order:
•Epilogue: Partner to the prologue, the epilogue is a piece of writing at the end end of a story (or play), usually used to bring closure to the work. Just as the prologue is set in time distant to the beginning of your tale, the epilogue acts as the final chapter and is part of the larger story. It typically reveals what happens next. In some cases, a character or narrator might speak directly to the reader and bring the piece to a close. In short, it's the final chapter after the end of the story. It can continue in the same narrative style and perspective, or it can be different (perhaps to illustrate character maturity or perspective.)
•Afterword: Written in the author’s voice or the voice of a commentator, directly to the reader. Its purpose, to inform how the story came to be or its relevance to History or culture. Its stealth purpose is often to introduce <translation: Market> a sequel and promote the writer’s other works. It’s basically a pitch.
•Conclusion: used for nonfiction, this goes here.
•Postscript: addition of something the author forgot to include.
•Addendum: addition to clarify something that may somehow be confusing.
•Appendix: a stand-alone document for enrichment or of informational value.
•Glossary.
•Bibliography.
•Contributor(s) with brief bio.
•Index.
•Errata: I’ll quote from the Oxford Dictionary — “(Latin for 'errors') … generally a feature of printed books, when misprints or other mistakes discovered after the book has been proof-read and printed are recorded.” (I know you’ll never need this, but if you ever do you’ll know where it goes.  )
•Colophon: info on the printing process. This is so interesting! I had to share it.
Hope this has been or will be helpful.
See you next month with part 3.
Carol
Bibliography:
Chicago Manual of Style: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0226104036/ref=nosim?tag=writandedit-20
Wikipedia: http://www.wikipedia.com
Words Into Type: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0139642625/ref=nosim?tag=writandedit-20
Oxford Dictionary
https://www.oed.com/?tl=true
DiggyPod
https://www.diggypod.com/blog/
Liferich Publishing
https://www.liferichpublishing.com
Tufts University
https://researchguides.library.tufts.edu
Law for Everything
https://lawforeverything.com
Quora
https://www.quora.com
LitCharts
https://www.litcharts.com
Google! (Of course I did!)
https://www.google.com
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