I recently indexed a medical book that includes a section on surgery. The doctor has just decided that she wants to issue the section on surgery in a separate book—shorter and more affordable—and she

I also want to add many thanks to Maureen. I can’t tell you how grateful I am to her. ~Judi From: Judi Gibbs <judi@...> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2022 5:30 AM To: 'scholarlyindexing@groups.io' <schola

Maureen figured out that what they sent was not a normalized file. It was a PDF—as I knew—but it was the first proof. I don’t need to tag it. I can do a normal BoB index. ~Judi

CUP says to count lines. Every page has a heading at the top. For example: Introduction Name of the chapter Notes for page... to... Is that line 1? Or is the first line of the first paragraph line 1?

I’ve been sort of holding my breath, and the verdict is now in . . . the author loves it. Thanks, Naomi and Stephen, for the congrats. I really am grateful to you guys and everybody who helped me thro

I’m done with Heidegger! I have just a little editing to do, but I need to sleep for a bit first. I thought y’all might like to hear that I got through it. The 2 strategies that worked the best for me

I’ve got a book for CUP—sent to me by the author. It was sent with communication suggesting embedding—or maybe they sent me to a website. Anyway instructions show how to embed in Word. But this is a P

Has anybody indexed dreams? This is a scholarly book. ~Judi

I’m struggling with procrastination today (and last week). Anybody else just NOT FEEL LIKE WORKING? Any tips or tricks? Cheerily, Carol Roberts Book indexer, Brown Deer, WI indexer@... www.RobertsInde

Should it be Ramakrishnan, Guru ~Judi

Following our recent discussion of slipped schedules, I’ve been thinking about how to communicate my needs to clients in a way that’s both clear and respectful. This is what I have so far; critiques w

Hello, I understand that certain disciplines commonly require name indexes, which include all names, including from citations. Is this correct? Which disciplines require this? Psychology and medicine

Client I’ve had since 2007: CEO recently wrote apologizing for not getting back to me about the rate increase. She’d had COVID. Then her daughter got it, and then the nanny. She hoped the rate increas

I’m in the process of raising my rates about 20%. I looked at the cost of parts and repairs on computers and the increase in grocery prices. The most recent computer part was up 50% ($60 vs $40 last s

When you also want to explain to the client how you arrived at the new rate—not so much to justify the increase but to show that the rate isn’t arbitrary—you could explain it in terms of percentage in

The other day I bought WordEmbed but found that the zip file of material I received (wordEmbedDistrib) only included a Word document listing changes since the previous version. That doc refers to Jame

Diane, one reason you probably won’t find pricing guidelines posted (at least for U.S. indexers) is that we have to worry about price fixing, which is illegal. But it’s not illegal for each of us to s

Didn't we have a thread recently about charging by the word on this list, or do I have my lists confused? I'm interested to know if anybody does do that? It seems to be a trend. Janet Janet Perlman SO

Hi, Just received this from a poor author who wrote: "I could use assistance with a book chapter. I had thought the press (UVA) or volume editors were generating but no." When I asked "say wha?" she r

Where might I find some specifics about how much people charge per page? I pretty much understand the approach but don't know where to learn pricing guidelines. Could someone email me privately if thi