# What Page for Book Dedication? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 22, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-page-for-book-dedication/110292 "2002-05-22T13:25:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-page-for-book-dedication/110292/1 "2002-05-22T13:25:34Z")
I’ve been giving books to people for years, and was just wondering about something I always do. When I write inside the book something like “Congratulation to X, love Y”, what page should it go on? 1. The endpapers (if so, which side? and does it make a difference if the endpapers are white vs. colored?) 2. The title page (if so, which one?) I have a book that has: a) Colored endpaper b) Page with title and author, blank on back. c) Another page with title and author, and a little graphic, ISBN info on back. d) Yet ANOTHER page with title and author and a little graphic, blank on back. What if the title page spans two facing pages? p.s. I am NOT the author of the book. Would it make a difference if I were the author? Once I heard someone (who was an author, but was dedicating a DIFFERENT author’s book to someone) say that the proper place was to put the dedication at the END (since he wasn’t the author of that particular book). I know this sounds like a Seinfeld question, but I’ve been wondering and though I might as well ask!!! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-page-for-book-dedication/110292/2 "2002-05-22T13:29:09Z")
Wherever you want to put it. There’s an official location, but the law is rarely enforced and usually the judge will let you off with under ten years for a first-time offense.