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When to Hire an Editor and Indexer

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

A blog post on ideasonfire.net by Cathy Hannabach
https://ideasonfire.net/when-to-hire-editor-indexer/

What is indexing? – Continued

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

Part 3 in a series of articles about indexing by Ælfwine Mischler:
Book Indexes — Part 3: The ABCs of Alphabetizing

Indexer’s Discussion Group (IDG)

Posted on August 7, 2018September 28, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

A group discussion list for professional indexers as well as anyone interested in indexing books, journals, and other print and electronic media, the freelance life, and the business of indexing.
https://idg.groups.io/g/main

What is indexing?

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

Want to know more about back-of-the-book indexing? Read these blog posts by Ælfwine Mischler explaining the basic vocabulary and process:
Book Indexes — Part 1: Basic Vocabulary
Book Indexes — Part 2: No Magic Wands

Freelance Career Launch Series

Posted on May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

The Freelance Career Launch Series by Stephen Ullstrom is a set of posts about how to start your freelance career. The focus is on indexing, but the principles are universal. Read it here:
http://www.stephenullstrom.com/category/career-launch-series/

Resources on eIndexes

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

The Digital Publications Indexing Special Interest Group of the American Society for Indexing provides the resources from the presentation “How to be the Interface between Publishers and Digital Indexing Techniques” by Terry Casey, Jan Wright, and Pilar Wyman and presented at the ASI Conference, Cleveland, OH on 28 April 28 2018.
It includes the following pdf files:

Benefits of eIndexes
Questions for Indexers to Ask Clients (Authors/Publishers)
Matrix Flowcharts of Software Tools, Processes, and Outputs

https://digital-publications-indexing.org/index.php/2018/05/04/new-resources-on-eindexes-added/

Indexes in Ebooks and Embedded Indexing

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

The Digital Publications Indexing SIG co-organized a meeting along with the New England Chapter of ASI and Bookbuilders of Boston, held Thursday evening, April 5, 2018. Read Heather Hedden’s blog post about it: https://digital-publications-indexing.org/index.php/2018/04/07/joint-meeting-with-bookbuilders-of-boston/
The slides of Stephen Ingle’s presentation “Indexes for Digital Publications: ‘The Battle of the Books’,”: https://digital-publications-indexing.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Indexes-for-Digital-Publications-The-Battle-of-the-Books.pdf