However, some authors choose to write their own forewords
A foreword can help promote book sales by persuading readers of the book’s value
It further bolsters book sales when a foreword has been written by a renowned author who has a connection to the book’s author or the book’s message
How do you write a foreword for a book?
One of the purposes of the foreword is to build the author up for the readers
Some writers do this first before describing the book
Others give a brief overview of the book first
In any case, describe the book and why the author is the best person to write this book
You can do that by sharing examples of: 5
Conclusion (1 paragraph)
Why should you write a foreword?
Writing a foreword can be a lot of work, but it can prove beneficial for the author of the foreword and the author of the book
With the foreword, you are trying to connect emotionally with the reader
You want the reader to like you and your story
Book writing foreword
Introductory section of a book
A foreword is a piece of writing, sometimes placed at the beginning of a book or other piece of literature. Typically written by someone other than the primary author of the work, it often tells of some interaction between the writer of the foreword and the book's primary author or the story the book tells. Later editions of a book sometimes have a new foreword prepended, which might explain in what respects that edition differs from previous ones.
The Black Book of Communism: Crimes
1997 book by Stéphane Courtois and others
The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression is a 1997 book by Stéphane Courtois, Andrzej Paczkowski, Nicolas Werth, Jean-Louis Margolin, and several other European academics documenting a history of political repression by communist states, including genocides, extrajudicial executions, deportations, and deaths in labor camps and artificially created famines. The book was originally published in France as Le Livre noir du communisme: Crimes, terreur, répression by Éditions Robert Laffont. In the United States, it was published by Harvard University Press, with a foreword by Martin Malia. The German edition, published by Piper Verlag, includes a chapter written by Joachim Gauck. The introduction was written by Courtois. Historian François Furet was originally slated to write the introduction, but he died before being able to do so.
A foreword is a piece of writing
Introductory section of a book
A foreword is a piece of writing, sometimes placed at the beginning of a book or other piece of literature. Typically written by someone other than the primary author of the work, it often tells of some interaction between the writer of the foreword and the book's primary author or the story the book tells. Later editions of a book sometimes have a new foreword prepended, which might explain in what respects that edition differs from previous ones.
The Black Book of Communism: Crimes
1997 book by Stéphane Courtois and others
The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression is a 1997 book by Stéphane Courtois, Andrzej Paczkowski, Nicolas Werth, Jean-Louis Margolin, and several other European academics documenting a history of political repression by communist states, including genocides, extrajudicial executions, deportations, and deaths in labor camps and artificially created famines. The book was originally published in France as Le Livre noir du communisme: Crimes, terreur, répression by Éditions Robert Laffont. In the United States, it was published by Harvard University Press, with a foreword by Martin Malia. The German edition, published by Piper Verlag, includes a chapter written by Joachim Gauck. The introduction was written by Courtois. Historian François Furet was originally slated to write the introduction, but he died before being able to do so.
