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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

From the Society of Indexers Publishing Technology Group website

Posted on June 13, 2013April 4, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

An explanation of the drawbacks of keyword search in an ebook vs. the utility of a live index (search vs. index).
http://www.ptg-indexers.org.uk/about/searchvsindex.htm

“A Publisher’s Job Is to Provide a Good API for Books: You can start with your index” (an article by Hugh McGuire)

Posted on March 1, 2013April 4, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

A publisher’s job is to provide good APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for their books. Good publishers of the future will be the ones who provide great APIs… Read the full article by Hugh McGuire:
http://toc.oreilly.com/2013/02/a-publishers-job-is-to-provide-a-good-api-for-books.html

“Producing an eBook – How hard can it be?” by James Lamb

Posted on November 27, 2012April 4, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

A blog article by James Lamb where he gives an overview of the process he used to create an ebook for the Society of Indexers (SI) entitled “Newcomers: A selection of articles for those new to indexing”:

http://ccgi.jalamb.com/2012/11/producing-an-ebook-how-hard-can-it-be/

We don’t need indexes in ebooks, right?

Posted on November 21, 2012April 4, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

BIM Publishing Services CEO Kevin Broccoli on how indexes will evolve in the digital world.
Look at the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ygZ5ZPdRY8&list=PLF1F3420C16AD23D1&index=8&feature=plpp_video

Adding Value with Metadata: Open up the index

Posted on November 20, 2012April 4, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

Listen to this webcast with Pilar Wyman: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/e/2376

Jan Wright talks about ebooks and indexes

Posted on May 8, 2012April 11, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

I especially like her description of an index:
“An index is like having a conversation with the reader: ‘We’ve already read the book. We know where the greatest hits are. We’re going to let you in on the secret.'” (at 3:09)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq7Q3FyBOrQ

Jan Wright on Creating ePUB Indexes in InDesign

Posted on March 13, 2012April 11, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

Jan Wright shares information on the InDesign scripts she has been working on with Olav Martin Kvern for creating indexes in ePUBs: http://epubsecrets.com/jan-wright-on-creating-epub-indexes-in-indesign.php

Episode 68 – Indexing with Jan Wright

Posted on March 9, 2012April 11, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

The eBook Ninjas talk with indexer Jan Wright about indexes for eBooks:
http://ebookninjas.com/2012/03/08/episode-68-indexing-with-jan-wright/