> The book is written, proofed, ready for the printer. A cousin dies. > That cousin was prominent in that book. > > Where in that book do I place the obituary? > > "Fred Frederick" [email protected] Hello Fred - Perhaps this would be suitable, considering the basic assumptions, plus the assumption that you are not talking about modern publishing practice with PDF files: In your preface/foreword, or absent a preface, on your dedication page, place a note that Cousin So-and-so died immediately prior to publication, and provide a page reference for the obit. Place the obit on the last page of the book, but before any index or glossary. If you feel it absolutely worth the expense of altering the galleys (I'm talking old style publishing here), you might place the obit in its proper location for the book's overall organization concept. If, on the other hand, your text is a PDF that you have "printed" from your original source files, reworking the book to position the obit in its proper location for the organization, indexing of it, and inclusion as appropriate in the Contents should be a matter of a couple days' update work. It might be nice, even in this context, to place a note on the dedication page or in the Preface. Thomas Kohn [email protected]

Quite a number of folks took time to write and offer assistance on my recent query regarding placement of obituary in completed book. I want to thank everyone and will over time reply individually. Fred "Fred Frederick" <[email protected]>