Weekly Writers: The Main Types Of Front Matter (Part 1)

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I discussed front matter and back matter last time. Open a book and see which of these it contains.

Praise For …

Some books have testimonials at the start. It could be “Praise for [author]” and include testimonials about the author’s writing or impact in general, or it could be praise for the book itself – editorial review-type quotes. In that case the heading might be “Praise for [title]” or even just the title of the book. In both cases there might not even be a heading at all and the page just begins with the first testimonial.

Some use a style where everything is centred, with the short quote in quotation marks, and the source in bold below. Others lay the quotes out as block paragraph text with a space between each quote.

Title Page

All books must have a title page, and it is the first important page you see. It will include: