Front Matter and Introduction complete

Today, I completed the two final bits of actual writing on Windows Phone Secrets, the Front Matter (FM) and the Introduction.

Both contain boilerplate text provided by the publishing company that must appear in the beginning of a book. The FM consists of copyright information and the like. I supplied an “about the author” section, a dedication, and some acknowledgements.

The Introduction includes a few pages of background material about why I wrote the book and why I feel Windows Phone is important (this was mostly written some time ago), and then sections like Who This Book Is For, What This Book Covers, How This Book Is Structured, What You Need to Use This Book, Web Site Supporting the Book (pointing to this blog), and Features and Icons Used In This Book (the latter of which I didn’t need to write).

Put simply, this was the easiest part of the whole endeavor. :)

Next: Reviewing the final book pages in PDF format. And, since I’ve pretty much completed the book, a mind-numbing series of Windows Phone announcements from Microsoft that will render half of what I’ve written obsolete. I know how the world works. :)