{"id":116,"date":"2013-12-31T14:19:14","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T14:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/iotb\/chapter\/what-is-in-a-book\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T04:11:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T04:11:17","slug":"what-is-in-a-book","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/iotb\/chapter\/what-is-in-a-book\/","title":{"raw":"What is in a Book?","rendered":"What is in a Book?"},"content":{"raw":"This chapter will explain the different parts of a book, the order that they appear in your\u00a0Pressbooks exports and how to change the order.\n

The Parts of a Book<\/h2>\nBooks are traditionally organized into three sections: the front matter, the text\u00a0and the back matter. Each of these is made up of standard types of content.\u00a0Pressbooks follows the Chicago Manual of Style conventions, which lists the order of a book as follows:\n

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Front Matter<\/h4>\nBook half title\nSeries title, frontispiece or blank\nTitle page\nCopyright Page\nDedication\nEpigraph\n(Table of) Contents\n(List of) Illustrations\n(List of) Tables\nForeword\nPreface\nAcknowledgments (if not part of preface)\nIntroduction (if not part of text)\nAbbreviations (if not in back matter)\nChronology (if not in back matter)\n\n<\/div>\n
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Text<\/h4>\nFirst text page (Introduction or Chapter 1)\nor<\/em>\nSecond half title or first part title\nFirst text page\nSubsequent part titles and chapters\n\n<\/div>\n
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Back Matter<\/h4>\nAcknowledgements (if not in front matter)\nAppendix (or first, if more than one)\nSecond and subsequent appendixes\nChronology (if not in front matter)\nAbbreviations (if not in front matter)\nNotes\nGlossary\nBibliography or References\n(List of) Contributors\nIllustration Credits (if not in captions or elsewhere)\nIndex(es)\n\n<\/div>\n

Why does this matter?<\/h3>\nNow obviously, not every book will have all of those parts! In fact, many will only have a few\u00a0basic ones, like a title page and a copyright page. However, if you do choose to add extras, it is important to know the\u00a0order in which they will appear.\n

Front Matter<\/h4>\nPressbooks automatically creates the following pages:\n