I know. You (writer about to publish a non-fiction book of more than 100 pages) are so tired of looking at your text over and over, assessing editing changes, tweaking content; the very last thing you may want to do is take on the indexing. First choice should be to hire a professional indexer (we […]
Name Dropping in the Index
I’ve had some interesting additions to indexes during author reviews, mostly about adding in additional mentions of names. One point of occasional tension between book indexers and authors will be how to handle names in the index. Authors have a tendency to lean in the direction of every-mention-of-every-name, or at least “every-mention-of-names-that-are-important-to-me.” 🙂 Meanwhile, the […]
Estimating Index Size
One of the best ways to cut down on editing time is to make sure your index is the right size in the first place. Not all clients will give you a length requirement to fill, but when they do, it’s easier to have an index that’s the right size than to have to edit […]
Indexing and Editing as You Go
At our 2017 ASI conference, I had so many great workshop choices that for once, I was glad to come home to an indexing project and put what I learned to practice. Usually, after a conference (and a 6 am flight home), I like to have a few days to recover and catch up on […]
PI Partner Profile: Jessica Freeman
We are happy to report that we have a new PI Partner in Jessica Freeman. We’d love to have you get to know her through this blog interview! Your Business PI: How long have you been doing indexing? I’ve been indexing since 2015. I started out indexing as a side hustle and transitioned into indexing […]
Main Headings in Indexes: The First Priority
Yes, please, main headings. Pretty please? This is the index user’s plea, although they may not know how to describe it. What users want is a collection of both more general and more specific topics or names that are significantly discussed in the text. And ideally, most, if not all of these will appear as […]
