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Oct 1, 2004 7:05 pm
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I am putting the finishing touches on the index I have been working on for quite a long time on Medical Geology, and could use some advice. Throughout this...
I need to explain my reason for asking this question, as it does sound like a very basic indexing standard! If this was a smaller book, with say 10-15 diseases...
I think the see specific diseases (except I would use see specific disease rather than specific diseases) is fine. Sometimes indexers give an example as in...
Thank you for confirming my feelings about how to handle this Charles. Thank you also for the reminder about italicizing the generic reference, I wouldn't have...
... Me, I've never really liked that tack. What about readers who don't know the name of that disease with the whatchacallit symptoms, but could recognize it? ...
... I agree, Ed. I've used it, but only in cases where the audience is savvy, such as a nursing manual. R -- Rachel Rice, M.A. Freelance indexing and editing *...
Hello, The book I am indexing includes a 33 page fiction-allegory, or in the words of the author a fantasy-adventure novella. The topics in the novella are...
... I haven't dealth with this exact thing before, but what I would do is establish a type style that indicates the pages in the novella and write a short...
... I guess I must have learned this technique years ago from the University of Chicago Press. The 15th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style has an example...
Thanks Sonsie for your reply. Special typography could work. Some of the novella also includes information that IS factual in nature, but the storyline is...
... I would consider the novella a "special section," akin to a set of color plates bound into the middle of a book, or an appendix that needs to be indexed....
How would you all sort this: "The Bat, the Birds, and the Beasts" (Aesop's fable) I can't see Bat, the Birds, and the Beasts, The That looks ludicrous to me. I...
... That's the reason I don't invert initial articles. I would index it this way and sort it in the Bs: "The Bat, the Birds, and the Beasts" (Aesop's fable) ...
I did a book title this way, kept "The", but sorted on the next word. The editor said she loved my index but had to fix a couple of alphabetizing mistakes! I...
... I have plenty of space, so maybe I just put it in the The's and the Bs. I hate leading articles. Let's ban them. R -- Rachel Rice, M.A. Freelance indexing...
... Which has always been my choice without any comment from clients. If queried about it, I would refer the questioner to lists of book and movie titles,...
Hi all, I just received a great e-mail, and really wanted to share this with you. I just recently finished indexing a book by a professional basketball coach....
[Cross-posted with apologies...] If anyone has had any experience with this packager and would be willing to talk to me about it, please contact me off-list....
I was just offered my second one. Same press, different ME (one for whom I edited a book this summer). Cool! Lots of Spanish names. Time to become proficient...
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Oct 7, 2004 4:32 pm
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a while back, there was some discussion about good desk chairs at reasonable prices, but I can't find it by searching. Anyone got any good suggestions?...
It is good. After a month off of editing while I indexed that long sociology book, I am returning to editing refreshed. That's one reason I wanted to get into...
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Oct 8, 2004 4:52 am
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I am on a really tight deadline, so I am hoping someone can help me and save me having to look this answer up, I am really running on a tight schedule, and I...
... (none ... pay ... One step you can take is to require 30% or 50% of the fee in advance. I do this routinely with private client, though not with...
I apologize if this is a cross post for some of you. I'm a former editor considering learning to become an indexer. I have been planning to take the new...
Audrey, that's probably what I should do. This is unfamiliar territory though. I'm so used to working directly with the press, I feel like I should let my ...
megcox@...
Oct 8, 2004 1:28 pm
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... should let my ... I ... when ... this ... them ... Yes, I think it's a good idea to tell your publisher contact about your policy when being paid by...
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