Front and back matter

The pages around the story that make a manuscript a published book: the copyright page and dedication before it, About the Author and what to read next after it.

In the Manuscript sidebar, Front Matter sits above the book and Back Matter below it. Add a page from either group’s +:

• Front: a copyright page (a standard one to edit, with the book’s details filled in), a dedication, an epigraph, or any page of your own.
• Back: acknowledgements, About the Author (with a photo), Also By, a newsletter invitation, and Next in the Series.

Pages are written in the editor, like scenes. The book’s title, your name, the ISBN, publisher, series and year are filled in when the book is built, so the copyright page is always right. In a series, Also By lists the series’ books by itself, and Next in the Series is the next book’s first chapter, as a teaser.

Your profile

About the Author, the newsletter page and Also By are usually the same in every book. Save to My Profile, and each new book starts with yours.

Ebooks and printed books include the matter; manuscripts for agents never do.

Front and back matter are part of Septangular Publish.