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Old 03-09-2016, 03:16 PM   #49
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And yes: if you have a big honking long TOC on a short book (does that ever happen?), it can take up a valuable piece of the real estate, so to speak, in the Look Inside/Sample.
I suspect it might occur in something like a poetry book, where you might have 100+ Poem/Author combinations.

The TOC might take up quite a large portion of the word count compared to the entire book.

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I spent an hour+ yesterday constructing a big long brief and argument on the topic, and submitted it last night, saying: let my people free.
Mind sharing the arguments?

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You have the cover page, title page, page or two of review quotes, page or two of the author's works. dedication, frontmatter, ToC, & copyright (not in that order). So you end up with no content or very little content.
Maybe this was their sinister plan all along! Make sure that you can't just get a free sampling of their amazing works, and "have to protect their IP"!

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(Grrrrr....when I find whoever it was that told me this Mathias Ergo Pro was FABULOUS, I'm going to sic the flying monkeys on him....sorry for the non-sequitur).
I don't know who that would be. Want to talk about our lord and savior, DVORAK?

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