Front Matter

  • Title page with graphic (grayscale unless you are using color in your book)

  • Endorsements: What Others Are Saying

  • Blank page, or if you’ve written other books, an Also by (a list of your other books)

  • Copyright page

  • Dedication (be creative)

  • Title page without graphics

  • Table of Contents

  • Foreword (written by someone else—not required)

  • Preface (written by someone else—not required

  • Introduction (A Note From...)

  • Epigraph (Bible verse or other quote)

  • Prologue (generally not used in non-fiction unless it's a memoir and the writer needs to set the stage for the reader)

  • Title page with just the title—no subtitle or author

Back Matter

  • Acknowledgments

  • Appendix

  • Glossary

  • Bibliography

  • List of contributors

  • Illustration credit

  • Index—possibilities include: Bible verse quoted throughout, themes, recaps, recipes, prayers)

  • About the Author—includes how to connect with you

  • Pictures of your other books with brief summaries

  • Invitation to review your book

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