Design 4
Ah, the Table of Contents. Ignored, neglected – possibly abused – clearing just inside the forest. If you’re serious about making books, the ToC is one of the most important elements of the book. If you’re not, no worries; uninspired ToC’s are the rule, and won’t raise any eyebrows. 
Let me stress that all I use the Table of Contents function in InDesign for is accurate page numbers. Though it can do quite a bit to automate how you style your text, I style my ToC’s manually.
Navigate to the spread where you’ll put your ToC. From the bottom of the Layout menu, choose Table of Contents. I know it looks scary, but it’s easier than you think.
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Now, you may recall in Part 3 I insisted you define a Title paragraph style. In the list to the right (“Other Styles”), click the Title style, then the “« Add” button to include it in the list on the left. Trust me, and in the Entry Style pulldown below, choose Body. That’s it. Click OK and place your ToC where you like your page, as you would with other text elements.
Now you have page numbers associated with all of your titles, in the right order, generated automatically. Feel free to hack away. Move things around, tab numbers out. Style as you see best fits the content. Think of it as a second take, not opposing take on the cover. Here’s an example from a Destructible Heart book from several years back.
Now, the copyright info. In 99% of cases, you’ll want to justify it to the left, which is how text normally looks. Center-spacing it is regarded in much the same way as center-spacing your poems: outdated and silly. That said, perhaps 1 in 100 books might benefit from it. If you can justify something other than the norm, I say go for it. The copyright from another D. Heart book:
What rights you confer are your business. I might suggest you brush up on copyright law, however, and Creative Commons licenses, while you’re at it. While the act of printing a copyright is generally sufficient, you can mail your completed work into the feds for a modest fee, to register it with the Library of Congress. But if the thing’s in draft state, I don’t recommend that just yet.
