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ProWritingAid or Grammarly for a Whole Book Manuscript?
We ran one 459-word business-book passage through both free checkers, then checked each company's limits and prices for a 60,000-word nonfiction manuscript.
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I Ran a Finished Business Book Through Hemingway Editor
What Hemingway Editor is, what it did to a real 5,364-word business book chapter, and where it fits in the process of creating a nonfiction book for KDP.
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Does a Business Book Need a Prologue or an Epilogue?
Prologue vs epilogue for nonfiction: what each one does, when an introduction and conclusion work better, and what three real business books chose.
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Book Dedication Examples That Age Well (Plus the Rules)
Eight real book dedications from Fitzgerald to Sandberg, why they work, the difference from acknowledgments, where the page goes, and a four-step way to write your own.
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How Many Pages Should a Chapter Be? What Nonfiction Actually Does
Nonfiction chapters run 16 to 29 pages on average, 16 to 44 at the extremes, from a count of seven bestselling business books. Plus words per page by trim size.
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What Is an Epigraph? The Permission Trap Nobody Mentions
What an epigraph is, where it goes in a book, how to format and credit it, and the part most guides skip: when you actually need permission to quote someone else's words.
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Foreword vs Preface vs Introduction: Who Writes Which
Only one of these three is written by someone other than you. What a foreword, preface, and introduction each do, the order they run in, how long each should be, and how to ask for a foreword.
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Parts of a Book, in Order: Front Matter to Back Matter
The parts of a book in order, from front matter to chapters and back matter, what each section does, which are optional, and what Amazon KDP actually requires.
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Books Acknowledgments Examples: From Funny to Professional + Template
19 real book acknowledgments examples across funny, heartfelt, short, and professional styles, plus a block-by-block template you can adapt for your own book.
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