diff --git a/_quarto.yml b/_quarto.yml
index 33e7a6032..42d9a3edb 100644
--- a/_quarto.yml
+++ b/_quarto.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ format:
     date-meta: today
   pdf:
     documentclass: krantz
+    include-in-header: latex/preamble.tex
+    include-before-body: latex/before_body.tex
+    include-after-body: latex/after_body.tex
     keep-tex: true
   epub:
     cover-image: cover.png
diff --git a/latex/after_body.tex b/latex/after_body.tex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72a0faaba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/latex/after_body.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+\backmatter
+\printindex
diff --git a/latex/before_body.tex b/latex/before_body.tex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aed903048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/latex/before_body.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+% you may need to leave a few empty pages before the dedication page
+
+%\cleardoublepage\newpage\thispagestyle{empty}\null
+%\cleardoublepage\newpage\thispagestyle{empty}\null
+%\cleardoublepage\newpage
+\thispagestyle{empty}
+
+\begin{center}
+To our daughter, Maisie.
+%\includegraphics{images/dedication.pdf}
+\end{center}
+
+\setlength{\abovedisplayskip}{-5pt}
+\setlength{\abovedisplayshortskip}{-5pt}
diff --git a/latex/preamble.tex b/latex/preamble.tex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8afa330b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/latex/preamble.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+\usepackage{booktabs}
+\usepackage{longtable}
+\usepackage[bf,singlelinecheck=off]{caption}
+\captionsetup[table]{labelsep=space}
+\captionsetup[figure]{labelsep=space}
+\usepackage[scale=.8]{sourcecodepro}
+
+\usepackage{framed,color}
+\definecolor{shadecolor}{RGB}{248,248,248}
+
+\renewcommand{\textfraction}{0.05}
+\renewcommand{\topfraction}{0.8}
+\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{0.8}
+\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.75}
+
+\renewenvironment{quote}{\begin{VF}}{\end{VF}}
+\usepackage[pagebackref=true]{hyperref}
+\renewcommand*\backref[1]{\ifx#1\relax \else (Cited on #1) \fi}
+\let\oldhref\href
+\renewcommand{\href}[2]{#2\footnote{\url{#1}}}
+
+\makeatletter
+\newenvironment{kframe}{%
+\medskip{}
+\setlength{\fboxsep}{.8em}
+ \def\at@end@of@kframe{}%
+ \ifinner\ifhmode%
+  \def\at@end@of@kframe{\end{minipage}}%
+  \begin{minipage}{\columnwidth}%
+ \fi\fi%
+ \def\FrameCommand##1{\hskip\@totalleftmargin \hskip-\fboxsep
+ \colorbox{shadecolor}{##1}\hskip-\fboxsep
+     % There is no \\@totalrightmargin, so:
+     \hskip-\linewidth \hskip-\@totalleftmargin \hskip\columnwidth}%
+ \MakeFramed {\advance\hsize-\width
+   \@totalleftmargin\z@ \linewidth\hsize
+   \@setminipage}}%
+ {\par\unskip\endMakeFramed%
+ \at@end@of@kframe}
+\makeatother
+
+\renewenvironment{Shaded}{\begin{kframe}}{\end{kframe}}
+
+\usepackage{makeidx}
+\makeindex
+
+% to create a "see also" that appears at the bottom of the
+% subentries and with no page number, do the following:
+% \index{Main entry!zzzzz@\igobble|seealso{Other item}}
+
+\newcommand{\ii}[1]{{\it #1}}
+\newcommand{\nn}[1]{#1n}
+
+\def\igobble#1{}
+
+\urlstyle{tt}
+
+\usepackage{amsthm}
+\makeatletter
+\def\thm@space@setup{%
+  \thm@preskip=8pt plus 2pt minus 4pt
+  \thm@postskip=\thm@preskip
+}
+\makeatother
+
+\frontmatter