The intro part of the book - Part 0. - i. e. Part Zero, yes; "The Coverage" will deliver what it says. It grasps what the book will cover, but not just that. It will tell the story of the story - how the book came to be. Since the book as a whole will be written in an almost totally transparent mode a core of the content of this part, building the foundation of the book, will deal with the process as much as the content.
Of this reason, this part will be written last, since we know by then how it came out :). It will be the part with the fewest number of chapers. In fact, intended only one - since meta-content should be kept brief, in my honest opinion. Nothing more boring in fact with e. g. as the case with academic dissertations, going into detail in the "introduction" with lengthy passages on problem formulation, purpose, research questions, scientific departure and so on - so much to be covered before the really interesting and juicy parts come to your eye!
So: In the same manner as keeping this part short, I keep this blog post talking about this introductory part of the book short as well!
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