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10 Use the template \emph{preface.tex} together with the Springer document class SVMono (monograph-type books) or SVMult (edited books) to style your preface in the Springer layout.
12 A preface\index{preface} is a book's preliminary statement, usually written by the \textit{author or editor} of a work, which states its origin, scope, purpose, plan, and intended audience, and which sometimes includes afterthoughts and acknowledgments of assistance.
14 When written by a person other than the author, it is called a foreword. The preface or foreword is distinct from the introduction, which deals with the subject of the work.
16 Customarily \textit{acknowledgments} are included as last part of the preface.
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