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May 1, 2005 1:29 pm
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Hi all, I am going to receive a book tomorrow, from an author, and he just wrote and asked me if I could write a bibliography for him as well, and what I would...
Bobbi Swanson asks about charging for indexing with bibliography writing. To me, these are different jobs. I would bill by indexable page for indexing and an...
... It's not proper, but more than that, it's pretty useless. Many reference books go through severa editions, there are many examples of similar titles ...
At this point, from the information we have, there are a lot of unknowns. 1) Is the author planning to provide you with his notes/references? 2) If so, how...
I just realized there is vital question you need to pose to your client. Many styles differentiate between References and Bibliography. Which does your client...
... I meant "improper" in the sense that an author/title list isn't really a usable bibliography, not in the sense that having someone else do the work is...
A "Works Referenced" list/section should not include page numbers, only the citations in the text would. If the client wants an "additional reading" type of...
Dear Fellow Indexers, I just received my first index. I am so happy. This is my question - when I was first contacted to do the index I sent a proposal...
Congratulations, Susan! I have rarely had a client require a contract. There is a boilerplate contract on the ASI Web site. In that contract and typically by...
How many indexers use just an e-mail to confirm? ~Judi ... From: "Pam Rider" <tsktsk@...> To: <indexersdiscussionlist@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, May...
I do for all but one publishing company, which always sends me a standard contract with each project. That is the only contract I have used since I have...
Email here. But so far all of my indexes have come from firmly established editing clients. Meg [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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May 11, 2005 8:40 pm
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I do. One packager sends me contracts, which I sign and return. Others send me purchase orders, which are signed by them and usually have lots of information...
... How many indexers use just an e-mail to confirm? ... I use e-mail when the client is a publisher. However I have quite a number of author clients that...
I also think it is important to note that a contract does not guarantee collecting from a deadbeat publisher. Someone who isn't going to pay probably can't be...
... On the other hand, a written agreement that the indexer owns copyright to the index until paid can be a potent pressure point. The one time that I had to...
[Moderator's note: This email somehow got left behind, and is just now showing up as needing approval. I know the discussion is over, but I thought it should...
... Five, if three of them are small or good friends. ... 4 or 5, yes. ... Let's face it, most of the time it's one person, regardless of the vehicle, except...
I've been indexing since the mid-1980s and have never signed a contract. I work with publishers, packagers, and authors. Usually price agreement is in an ...
I want to thank everyone who responded to my question about what to charge for writing a bibliography. I wrote to the author and told him I would have to...
... No it's not. Business deductions, including mileage, are definitey ontopic. Rae -- Rachel Rice, M.A. Freelance indexing and editing * Brookline, Vermont...
I'd like to mention that I do have a contract that I had drawn up for my technical writing business in the mid 90s. I used it for some of my early indexing...
Hi Everyone, I want to thank everyone who responded to my question about sending a follow-up contract. I specifically want to thank Charles Anderson, Pam...
Hi all, I am writing a message about my weekend at the conference, but I wanted to share this good news with you, if you don't mind! I have just started work...
Hi all, Sorry it took so long to post this, this has been a hard week, my brother-in-law is critically ill, and may not make it much longer, my husband is in...
In a message dated 5/15/2005 10:22:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, bobbiswanson@... writes: <...this has been a hard week, my brother-in-law is critically...
Help! I am a brand new indexer and have just been asked to submit a proposal to produce a web index for the "Affirmative Action Recruitment and Hiring Manual"...
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