back of the book
Where indexes live
Back of the book refers to supplementary material appearing after a book's main text—indexes, appendices, glossaries, bibliographies, and endnotes.
In publishing and journalism, it also describes lighter content placed toward the end of a magazine or newspaper: reviews, crosswords, horoscopes.
The answer key is in the back of the book.
- listSequence of recorded items
- fine printMiniature contractual text
- appendixSupplementary section after main text
- pageNoble's young assistant
- page numbersPrinted location markers
index · glossary · entry · reference · footnote · citation · errata · table · letter · paper · row · number · endnotes · afterword · spine · FAQs · author bio · column
back of the bookfront matter
Pre-text book pages
opening pages · prelims · preliminaries · title page · frontispiece
back of the bookintroduction
Preliminary section or presentation
foreword · preface · prologue · table of contents · acknowledgments
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