The recto always has an even page number and the verso always has an odd page number. Pages in a book are referred to as ‘recto’ for the right-hand page and ‘verso’ for the left-hand page.
There are three main sections in a book: the preliminary matter (or front matter), the main text, and the end matter (or back matter). This ensures that the ‘look inside’ feature of some websites will show more than just the preliminary pages. In e-books, especially, some of the preliminary matter can be placed in the end matter. The pages listed below are in the order they should appear if you were to include all of them (though all rules are made to be broken). Some pages are compulsory in all books, and some pages are optional and depend on your genre and content. The description below is based on the New Oxford Style Manual. There are some variations in house styles, though they are all very similar. This is a basic guide to all the pages you can have in both a fiction or non-fiction book. Getting it right will help your book look professional and credible.
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But if we want to self-publish our own book, we need to know how to do this, and that can be confusing and overwhelming. Usually we never take much notice of the style and order of the pages that come before and after the main text in a book.
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