Preface - Further Reading

Further Reading

  • A history of the preface in several languages is contained in: Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven. The Social Dimensions of Fiction: On the Rhetoric and Function of Prefacing Novels in the Nineteenth-Century Canadas. Braunschweig-Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher (Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn), 1993. CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture.
  • The difference between a preface, foreword, and introduction, patmcnees.com
Book design
General page layout and typography choices
  • Fonts
Front and back covers
  • Buckram
  • Leather
  • Treasure binding
Endpapers
  • Marbled
Front matter
  • Half title or bastard title
  • Frontispiece
  • Title page
  • Edition notice
  • Dedication
  • Table of contents
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Prologue
Body matter, which may include:
  • Chapters
  • Parts
Back matter
  • Epilogue
  • Outro
  • Afterword
  • Conclusion
  • Postscript
  • Appendix/Addendum
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Errata
  • Colophon
Other elements
  • Die cutting
  • Fore-edge painting
  • Pop-ups
  • Thumb index

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