On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 09:39:32 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
> Has anyone prepared all the normal front-matter for a book that > will be printed? I'm preparing a book to be provided students in a > short course that I'll be offering and will have them printed and > bound by a small-run printer. > > I know there's a title page, half-title page, and others whose > names I do not know. I'm looking for guidelines on what should be > included in a complete PDF file and just how to prepare all this > using the KOMA-script book class. > > TIA, > > Rich Acknowledgements, dedication, title page, copyright page, about the author, table of contents, and sometimes "how to use this book" or "about this book." Those are the ones I can think of, standing on one foot. I'd suggest a trip to the bookstore, take 4 or 5 books from your approximate genre, and look what they provide in the frontmatter, and how they do it. For instance, I personally don't provide a brand new page for each one. One more thing: In the old days I recommended ERT fingerpainting the frontmatter. Due to the advent of flowing text eBook formats like ePub and Mobi, I no longer make that recommendation, because doing so is the kiss of death when converting to flowing text. Instead, I recommend making new styles for each appearance in the frontmatter. I personally don't use chapters for the title page, acknowledgements, etc, because chapters are a special thing used in the mainmatter. I just make new environments for acks and deds and title page and the like. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
