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/
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Resources on eIndexes
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
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
SKY Index Professional Video Tutorials
These videos are intended to help introduce new indexers to some the more powerful features of SKY Index Professional and to some of the less well known features.
http://sky-software.com/videos/index.htm
Indexing Day 2018 #indexday
A social media summary of #indexday and #indexdayANZSI on wakelet:
https://wakelet.com/wake/af590e38-bf6c-4fda-aa36-ad09111f9f27
SKY Index Professional 8 – Did You Know It Can Do This?
These short ads showcase the features of SKY Index Professional 8:
http://sky-software.com/whatitcando/
Deutsches Netzwerk der Indexer (DNI) / German Network of Indexers
The website of the German Network of Indexers:
http://d-indexer.org/welcome.html
Society of Indexers (SI) new website
The Society of Indexers (SI) (UK) has updated their website. Have a look at https://www.indexers.org.uk/
The directory of indexers that used to be called “Indexers Available”, is now called the “Directory of Professional Indexers”.
Netherlands Indexers Network (NIN)
The website of the Netherlands Indexers Network (NIN):
https://www.indexers.nl/
Indexing Day 2017 #indexday
A social media summary of the celebration of the inaugural #indexday on wakelet:
https://wakelet.com/wake/cac50af0-f04f-4ce9-ae6c-216f8f4733dc