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Originally Posted by AlanHK
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The prologue is usually an essential part of the book, in fiction especially. "A long time ago in a galaxy far away..." and so is effectively Chapter 0; I treat it like that and always put it after the TOC. If untitled, I might not list it in the TOC though. For an ebook, I would, just to be sure it isn't ignored. An introduction by someone else than the author can go before the TOC, if just fluff, or more likely after if it's a more substantial one.
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Alan:
The change, in modern bookmaking is, of course, the TOC. For dog's years, most fiction books didn't have Tables of Content, certainly not in genre fiction. But now, they do, and print is doing the same thing, to conform to the ebooks.
Normally, the prologue would appear before the bastard title (half-title) page, if one exists. And after any TOC. Now, you have to be SURE it's after the TOC, so as not to run afoul of the PW (Publishing Workflow). I have any number of clients that don't want it there; they want it BEFORE the TOC (no matter what I say about historical placement or anything else), and that is a major damned headache.
OT, kinda: Anyone else here want to bitch-slap auto-corrects, etc., that PERSIST on insisting that "prologue" is PROLOG?????? GRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
Hitch