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Sep 2, 2006 7:13 am
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PACIFIC Northwest CHAPTER/American Society of Indexers present their FALL MEETING - Saturday, October 7, 2006 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. plus Celebration Dinner...
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Peoples: The payment for an index is overdue. The author had thirty days from the index delivery to pay, per the terms of the contract. Thirty days came and...
Good morning! I'm indexing a scholarly book that covers some computer history. Can someone tell me how to sort .com, .org, .net, .de, .uk, and so on? Do I...
Lori-- I worked for various universities for 35 years, and know from experience that a 60 day payment schedule is _routine_ for many of them. This has also ...
... his obligation. Problem is the author is a professor at the local university, and the school year started yesterday (payment was due over a week ago BEFORE...
Did it again, drat it! Hit the reply to button. Sorry, I should have addressed this to the original poster. My face is red! Charles R. Anderson P.O. Box 15642...
... Cheers, Carol ... Indexing services: http://www.RobertsIndexing.com Photography: http://www.ArtWanted.com/CarolR [Non-text portions of this message have...
Please help indexing colleagues! I am currently working with an editor who is brand-spankin' new and not accustomed to working with indexers. He cannot tell me...
Hi everybody, I've been a member of this list for several months, but I wanted to introduce myself formally and say that I am just beginning the UC- Berkeley...
Sara,. I've done a number of books for McGraw-Hill Higher Education, if that's the division you need information about. I have never been given specific...
Ask the editor for a McGraw-Hill index style sheet. If he cannot provide one, ask for the e-mail address of the publisher. A publisher of McGraw-Hill's...
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Sep 7, 2006 1:15 am
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I was contacted by the author and told him I would post to some indexing groups. Please contact him directly if you are an experienced Framemaker indexer. ...
Hello All This book I just got in is part of a big series from LWW. The chapters are very small, 2-3 pages, same format per illness per page. I am wondering if...
Over the next month, I will be collaborating with a colleague on editing an index to a 21 volume encyclopedia, I think the index will be about 1400 pages. I am...
This can be done with, for one, Mac's iDisk, although I haven't done so myself. See http://www.apple.com/support/dotmac/idisk/ for advice on how Windows and...
Paula Presley
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Sep 7, 2006 3:56 pm
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... No, you would have to merge your two Cindex files periodically. If neither of you has iDisk, but at least one of you has a Web site, you could use that as...
Sara, there are many McGraw Hills, so whatever you hear from one segment of the company may not apply to another. I've written a number of indexes for MGH...
Dear Sara, I've run into the problem of receiving no or little indexing specifications from a client more often than I care to remember. While I agree that...
I would like to submit my resume to McGraw-Hill, especially for indexing medical books. Since that company is apparently a topic of conversation today, would...
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Sep 7, 2006 5:30 pm
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Cher wrote: << I believe that every indexer should own Chicago - the whole book, not just the indexing chapter - and spend some time with it. You begin to...
I have another copy editing book that has served me well. It is *The Fine Art of Copyediting,* by Elsie Myers Stainton, published by Columbia University...
Does anyone have connections with book publishers in the field of special education? I indexed for several years books from Pro-Ed in Austin, Texas, but have...
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Sep 8, 2006 3:33 pm
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... Norman, about a bazillion years ago (early 1970s), I did editing for Love Publishing. located in Denver, CO. I just checked, and they are still in business...
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