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Front & back matter

Choose where a section appears, and which page it starts on

What you'll do: decide whether a section shows up in the e-book, the print PDF, or both — and, for print, which page it begins on.

Each section on the Matter step has two small dropdowns for this.

The Matter screen

Include in: e-book, print, or both

The Include in dropdown lets you choose:

This is handy when a page only makes sense in one edition — for example a "Scan this QR code" page that belongs in the print book but not the e-book.

Begin on: which page (print only)

The Begin on dropdown controls where the section starts in the printed book:

This setting has no effect in the e-book, where pages aren't fixed.

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