I am assuming a per entry rate is best for cookbooks, but am not too sure. Can someone who frequently indexes cookbooks provide some advise. Greatly...
I received a pre-order ad and price ($99.00) from Nuance about their coming release of DNS 10. Nuance claims a 20% increase in accuracy over version 9. Since...
I charge by the page, and the amount still varies from book to book. The one I just finished, which was a rush job, I charged $3.75 a page for. Cheers, Carol...
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Actually, I just figured it out so we can drop this. It's a matter of whether the glass is half full or half empty. One percent inaccuracy, improved by twenty...
... Yep. But isn't it fascinating how the marketers can make a change from 99% to 99.2% accuracy seem like a lot of improvement? Stated this way, how much cash...
I just discovered that I inadvertently skipped 10 pages at the end of one chapter while indexing a large book from PDFs. I don't know how, because I'm careful...
I've never had it happen--at least as far as I know--and what a horrible thought--and I index from PDFs all the time. If you're using Adobe Acrobat (I don't...
With Cindex, at least the way I have the settings set, when one opens the entry window the index-in-progress is shown in order of entry, so I can readily see...
Ann, I use the PDF while I'm indexing, but I still index from the paper pages. Sometimes -- not always, though -- I've found it helpful to break the PDF into...
I always enter in unsorted order and spot check typing and page order as I work. It helps to scan through each chapter before I begin to enter material. Before...
Well, an interesting range of suggestions. Except that I do a lot of that stuff already. I leave the PDF open on the page I stopped on, I work with SKY in "as...
I use a PDF for cutting and pasting, but I read and sometimes mark the hard copy. I start each chapter by breaking out each of the main sections. ME Sub 1 Sub...
Just to add a horror note. I did that not too long ago while also trying to solve a computer problem and managed to save various partial indexes on top of more...
... Yes, I have a real fear of losing hours of work on an index . . . and I'm sure that if it happened it would be one of those jobs that are so boring that...
... sure ... you ... If you think you have worries now, consider this: Back in the "Good Old Days" I indexed each year approximately 2,500 pages of a...
Charles, One of the first things I realized when I started studying indexing was that I could not have done it in the days of index cards. You folks must have...
... that I could not have done it in the days of index cards. You folks must have had incredible memories for what you had already done and infinite patience....
... I'm sure that's true, but writing more indexes in the same timeframe also increases our earnings. I couldn't have supported myself on one 300-page...
... I didn't mean to imply that one only worked on one index a month at a time. With a month's allowance, even though the indexing took longer, an indexer ...
Ah, I see. I'm sure this varies a lot by publisher, but I typically do get 4 weeks (not 6, though) for a 300-page scholarly book, so I balance them the way you...
... write ... Actually, I think things are a lot different and the only thing that makes it work is the increased speed possible with automation. One quick...
... I think this is on topic. Comparing now vs. then on issues like how we work and client expectations helps us appreciate the technology, if nothing else. ...
HI all, I wrote to Louise Lindgren, and in her response, she is throwing open the door to all indexers who want to come visit. It sounds as though we really...
I did ONE professional index with cards.After I typed it (in DOS WordPerfect), I asked my boss to proofread it VERY carefully. He was jolly and said he knew I...
I began with index cards while on staff with a small academic publisher. The books were smaller than most of the texts I work with now. It took longer than...
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