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You don't want a 'wall of dedication' to act as a barrier to that initial hook.Īlso, by having it at the end, they appreciate your book and its content before learning what you went through in order to create it. You want to remove all hurdles to that connection process. You want your reader to dive into the book's content as quickly as possible when they open the first page, so they get sucked in and absorbed.

I recommend the acknowledgements page go at the end of the book. It helps your reader feel reassured that you presented valid information. You didn't just make up the part about how a race car driver acts - you were there on the track investigating it. Your acknowledgements page also helps to demonstrate to your readers that you did your due diligence in creating your material. By forever immortalizing them in the book, you give them world-wide praise and commemorate their efforts. Maybe your friend invested a solid week helping you proofread your content and look for typos and other issues.

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Maybe you sat with an old sailor for two days in order to learn exactly how to tie knots properly, to get that detail right in your book. This page serves two main purposes.įirst, it is common when writing a book to suck up hours or days of peoples' time without paying them in return. Your acknowledgements page provides recognition to the people in your life who helped support your efforts in creating this book.

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