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Hi. I am a student in the Berkeley indexing course. I have questions for practicing indexers about the disposal of manuscripts. If you are working from a...
I keep all page proof for at least six months after I'm finished indexing. You never know when the publisher will come back with changes. For example, a ...
Hi Donna, You most definitely do not give it away. Remember that most indexes are done for books not yet published. Most authors and publishers will tell you...
In my opinion, there's an implied non-disclosure agreement between indexer and client (whether or not it was put in writing) until such time as the document is...
If it is a really great book that someone else might be interested in, I either buy it for the person once the book is published, or recommend it to him or her...
In the past, I always saved hard copy page proofs until I got paid. Since I never marked pages after the first couple of years of indexing, the markup part of...
... May I ask what resolution is your LCD screen ? Is it the ubiquitous 1280 x 1024 ? My laptop has LCD but resolution is 1680 x 1050, so I wondered whether...
And I use 800 x 600, because I find smaller text too tiring to read. But then again, I run two monitors simultaneously, so I don't have to split a single...
The pages you are working from should be regarded as confidential material. You are under an implicit obligation to keep them confidential. Usually that...
The optimum for the LCD I have (a Dell 1907FPC with an NVIDIA GE FORCE 1700LE graphics) card has an optimum display resolution of 1280x1024 and a 60Hz refresh...
I'd be happy to return page proofs if clients asked for them (so far, no one has). Since they don't ask for them back NOR instruct me on how to dispose of...
If the client doesn't instruct otherwise, I save the page proofs for 2-3 months and then dump it into recycling. I have only had one client express concern...
Thank you, that is most helpful. I do use two screens, at present, but the second is a fairly old 19" CRT and not really readable at 90% in adobe. 19" CRTs are...
I use a dual monitor setup also and am wondering if you other dual monitor fans know that you can get monitors that also turn to portrait mode? What a boon...
Thank you all for your answers to my question about disposabing of manuscripts. I suspected there were ethical issues involved. I expect to be a page making...
Donna- I'm also in Colorado. After I burned up 3 shredders, all were high quality professional shredders, I found a service for professionals that shred ...
... For anyone who feels the need of a professional shredding solution, look in your YP for document disposal, shredding, etc. There are companies that will...
The New York Metro Chapter of the American Society of Indexers (ASI) invites you to its 6th Annual Conference: "What Do Users Want (or Need) from Indexes?" ...
We want to emphasize that everyone is welcome to participate in the Colorado meeting on the 21st. The workshop will be of value even if you won't have time to...
"Liberating the Index" American Society of Indexers Annual Conference May 23-27, 2007 Philadelphia ASI is seeking proposals by _October 27, 2006_ for exciting...
I am thinking about taking an indexing course next semester at Simmons College. But before I do it I have a few questions for those of you who do indexing...
... For me, it's almost exclusively word of mouth: posting to lists like this (you have to get your name out there), attending networking meetings (e.g., BNI),...
Hi Leigh, If you go back and look at the indexersdiscussionlist archives, you will find quite a few discussions about getting started. I will throw in my 2 ...
In general I agree with most of the comments that have been posted here; but I think Bobbi's start-up estimate may be a little pessimistic. Both in discussions...
I guess by start-up I wasn't thinking of the occasional job, but the first steady work. I did get the odd job here and there during the 1st 3 years, but...
OOPS - should have said 2-3 projects a month! Sorry! Bobbi ... From: "Bobbi Swanson" <bobbiswanson@...> To: <indexersdiscussionlist@yahoogroups.com> I...
Actually, there are plenty of in-house indexers, although I don't know if any are subscribed to this list. Mathew Bender, for example, has an in-house staff of...
... I am formally an in house indexer for Thomson Micromedex/Thomson Gale. My job was part indexing and part editing/writing. Now I am a full-time freelance...
