Library of Formatting Examples:Front Matter/00A

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<sc>Copyright 1908 By
Frank Justus Miller</sc>


All Rights Reserved


Published September 1908
Second Impression April 1913
Third Impression March 1917
Fourth Impression January 1920
Fifth Impression August 1924


Composed and Printed By

The University of Chicago Press

Chicago[** ,?] Illinois U S A
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Overview of front matter

"Front Matter" includes everything before "Chapter 1," except for pages that have their own topics: Title page, Table of Contents, and Table of Illustrations. Treat each part of the Front Matter as a new Major Division: put 4 blank lines just above them.

Why: In a printed book, these "Major Divisions" start on new pages: Titles, dedications, Copyright notices, etc. We mark these divisions by preceding them with 4 blank lines. Format an Introduction or Preface like a Chapter, and use no-wrap around almost everything else. AND REMEMBER TO DO THE IN-LINE FORMATTING! That's most important of all.