Postface

A postface is the opposite of a preface, a brief article or explanatory information placed at the end of a book. Postfaces are quite often used in books so that the non-pertinent information will appear at the end of the literary work, and not confuse the reader.

A postface is a text added to the end of a book or written as a supplement or conclusion, usually to give a comment, an explanation, or a warning. The postface can be written by the author of a document or by another person. The postface is separated from the main body of the book and is placed in the appendices pages. The postface presents information that is not essential to the entire book, but which is considered relevant.

Book design

General page layout and typography choices	Fonts

Front and back covers	Buckram Leather Anthropodermic bibliopegy Treasure binding

Endpapers	Marbled

Front matter	Half title or bastard title Frontispiece Title page Edition notice Dedication Epigraph Table of contents List of figures List of tables Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Prologue Printer's mark

Body matter, which may include:	Chapters Parts Tipped-in pages

Back matter	Afterword Conclusion Epilogue Outro Postscript Appendix/Addendum Glossary Bibliography Index Errata Colophon Postface

Other elements	Catchword Die cutting Fore-edge painting Pop-ups Thumb index

References

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