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Originally Posted by exaltedwombat
There's one big practical reason for back matter. When you present your book for sale on Amazon, prospective buyers can preview a certain number of pages. Starting from the beginning of the book. Show them an inline TOC, that's useful. But don't waste the allocation on other front matter, get into the meat!
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"Where is the BEEF?"
Totally agree.
This is NOT a printed book... Being displayed upon a Retail shelf.
All the rave review fluff is used to
Sell the book.
You have already BOUGHT the e-book.
Old Electronics engineering adage:
"Don't blow hot air in the customers face"
(OK, that was referring to the placement of cooling fans, but it is still appropriate
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