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Prelims (otherwise known as "front matter") are the preliminary pages in a book: the title page; copyright and imprint page; tables of content; foreword; etc. They are often numbered with roman numerals rather than the arabic numbers used in the rest ...
When submitting to magazines, agents, and publishers by post they will often require you to provide them with a means of replying to you at your cost (and without them having to even write your name and address out!). They will therefore request you i...
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A colophon is a publisher's emblem, or logo, as it appears on the title page or spine of a book.
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An unagented submission is one which is not submitted through a literary agent. If a publisher accepts unagented submissions then you can approach them directly.
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