You don’t need to be told what these are. They are those first couple of pages that you probably skip over to get to the meat of the book – unless you can’t wait to see if you are going to get a mention.
But we note a new trend in acknowledgement writing. The skilled author is now using those precious first few pages to win audiences, boost sales or even add a Machiavellian twist designed to disarm critics before they begin reading.
How do authors pull off these tricks? Simplest of all is to acknowledge everyone you ever met. The…
