I normally put xrefs off of subheads, usually because a subhead has developed into its own heading, but still also belongs in the original array. (our kindgoms for sub subs. eh? ) This press does not

Good morning, I was approached to do an index but I'm fully booked right now. Professor Ben Gerlofs is looking for an experienced indexer to perform a rush indexing job on his book Monstrous Politics:

Hi, this is my very first query to the group, please forgive my ignorance. I'm trying to index a book of translations from devotional songs of India, including translator's footnotes. It's a dual-lang

Hi all, In my indexing, I've always left adjacent locators alone. If I had "phenomenology, 1, 2-3", for example, I would always leave it in the printed index like that, if the discussion wasn't contin

I am pleased to announce that Heather Dubnick has been hired as a new Berkeley course instructor. Heather is an experienced Indexer and a long time member of the indexing community. I know that I spea

About three weeks ago, I submitted an invoice—and it wasn’t all that large. Today I got a request for more information The contractor can provide the following information below: · Scope of work - des

Thanks, everyone! I am going to give Picardy a try and will let folks know how it goes. Best, Margaret

Has anyone else tried to use this freeware for back-of-the-book indexing: https://picardy-indexing.ca/? I'm a little nervous trying new software without any reviews, but I've not been able to figure o

Rudy reminded me that I haven't posted this announcement here. Macrex is now free, with a voluntary donation to cover the cost of the web site with any excess going to the Progressive Supranuclear Pal

Hi, An author is asking for my help in finding an indexer who "... index[es] books in philosophy, history, religion, and economics. I have a new book, a history of the Protestant work ethic from the 1

Hi all, I'm indexing a book of literary criticism, which isn't an area I've done a ton of indexing in. This one in particular has quite a bit of literary analysis/close reading of specific novels, and

Hey, I just donated $26 to Wikipedia, because I rely on it so much of the time. Does anyone else remember the heated discussion we had about Wikipedia maybe 15-20 years ago, when it was just getting s

For their vendor registration, NYU wants me to have liability insurance. I refuse to do this; I don't need it, and this is for one job. Grr. I think I remember others successfully avoiding this requir

An educational foundation has asked me to index a book in about two months (so nice to get a heads-up). I only know it’s about fiqh (Islamic law) and is a translation from Arabic. I assumed it was a s

Hi, I'm in trouble--can't figure out how to register for UCLA's accounts payable. Have any of you done that before? Here's the invation; I've spent hours and I'm still at square one. No one in the pay

I also index epigraphs as described by Victoria unless request not to do so. J. Naomi Linzer www.linzerindexing.com

Hello all, I have a substantive endnote for an epigraph. The content of the endnote is something that will be indexed for other discussions. The question is whether to index this (but not the epigraph

Hello all! I may be adventuring into this new field for me and am hoping to find someone who has done it to advise me on a bid. I'm ordering the ASI book, but I need help with current fee structures.

I would like to publicly thank Max McMaster for his 12 years of being an outstanding Berkeley instructor. His contributions to the course have been highly valued by both his students and the other ins

I just finished reading it and highly recommend it to everyone here. It’s informative, for sure, but also charming and witty. Some of the discussion of indexer bias is reminiscent of discussions we’ve