A is for…
Often when indexing there are discussions that need to be picked up, but they don’t readily lend themselves to a subheading. For the indexer, the question isn’t whether to pick these discussions up, it’s where to place them in the index.
Professional Thoughts
Evaluate an Index in 6 Steps
27 August 2024 You hired a professional indexer, and now they’ve done the job and sent the index back to you. It’s a good idea to look it over to make sure the index does what you want it to, but how do you know… Read More »Evaluate an Index in 6 Steps
Conference Review: Berlin 2022
Review of the Continental Connections international indexing conference held in Berlin, Germany, in October 2022, from the perspective of one there in person.
Business Contracts, or Why Email Isn’t Enough
19 March 2024 Every so often, a new indexer (or editor, or proofreader) asks whether they need to have a contract with their clients. I always answer yes. One of two questions follow: Why aren’t the email exchanges enough? What should go in the contract?… Read More »Business Contracts, or Why Email Isn’t Enough
Cross-Reference Structure
Cross-references are, in the end, a balancing act. Too many and the reader is caught in a sticky spider’s web, unable to move forward due to the plethora of options without clear guidance. Too few, and the reader is attempting to climb a cargo net… Read More »Cross-Reference Structure
5 Reasons to Hire a Professional Indexer
Finally, you can see the finish line. You’ve spent months if not years writing your book, sent it through multiple rounds of editing, from the developmental to copyediting, and now it’s in the final stage of proofreading before being sent to the printer. All that’s… Read More »5 Reasons to Hire a Professional Indexer