Ndong Obame Eya It's an African name from the Cameroon area, of a Fang prophet of bwiti. Should it go under Eya, Ndong Obame or Ndong Obame Eya or something...
Good afternoon, everyone, I was hoping to get some pointers from some well-experienced indexers. I am interesting in doing some freelance indexing, but am...
I cannot fault your logic, but think this is the ideal query for your client. Otherwise, Mulvany says with (I know, not the same) Arabic names, sometimes one...
Amusingly (or perhaps not!) a quick Google search turned up a small number of "Ndong Obame Eya"s -- but with *no* second references! So I didn't say so...
Here is a link to the most comprehensive web site I know of dealing with careers in indexing: http://www.backwordsindexing.com/Novice/NoviceNotes.html If you...
Melissa, I am also pretty new at marketing my indexing services. I find the archives of this list to be really helpful. Search for topics such as marketing,...
According to Human Rights Monitoring and Documentation Series (HURIDOCS) "How to Record Names of Persons" (available on line by googling) for African names,...
Can anyone confirm for me that starting a new chapter on a recto (left) page is not done? Have a conference call at 10.30 EDT so would appreciate info stat if...
Recto is the *right-side* page. (I remember "recto for right; verso for left--the reverse of recto.) Up until about 10 years ago, chapters only began recto...
Starting a chapter on a left-hand page is generally done but I have seen it (rarely). By the way wouldn't the left page be the verso? Katharyn Dunham ... From:...
... lol yeah and wouldn't that be the designer's job to know that!!!! I meant left hand page, whichever one it is. Man, gimme more coffee. Do you mean it isn't...
... Many books these days, and for some time, start chapters on verso (left) pages. Very quickly: I have here in my hand one from 1986, Oxford University...
... Oh, yes that is sometimes done. That's an acceptable book model, and it's up to the designer. Cheers, Carol Roberts http://www.RobertsIndexing.com ...
I agree with Joel here. Designers use many different book models. Some specify that chapters will start on a recto page, some specify recto or verso. In my...
I hope you are able to read French! LOL I googled it first just on the off chance that I might find out something useful. I don't remember finding any pages...
generally not done...I had not had my coffee... ... From: "Rae" <racric@...> To: <indexersdiscussionlist@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 04,...
I have an author in need of an experienced indexer for a book on China. I don't know the timeframe or details of his book, but I gather it's a bit of a rush....
Hello All, All of a sudden I've been talking to 3 authors/publishers about their respective upcoming books about Chinese history. I haven't seen the ...
Hi, I'm an indexing student in a UCBerkeley Extension class. I live in the East San Francisco Bay Area where I've been a librarian since 1988. I have always...
Hello all, I have just joined the Indexing course offered by Sylvia Coates at Berkeley. I am a librarian and have taken a course on Indexing in library school...
Message ... From: Vicki Swope Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:43 PM Subject: [msanet] ASI/MSA and NWU Meeting on the Publishing Process Free Publishers...
This sounds like a very interesting & important seminar, but of course, those of us who live on the other side of the D.C. area will probably not be able to...
I'd be interested in a CD, video, tape, or pod cast also. I live in the mountains of Colorado. Jeannine ... From: indexersdiscussionlist@yahoogroups.com ...
I'm indexing a passage in which Dabydeen's novel A Harlot's Progress references Hogarth's painting series A Harlot's Progress, which in turn references...
Thanks, Bobbi--I like to review this stuff regularly, although I am grumbling at one of the questions... Caryn (too lazy today to drag out my WIT or...
Considering that the text, itself, is error-ridden (including vastly inconsistent punctuation), any score over 50% is better than what one might expect from...
I agree with Carolyn. The reviews of this book didn't give it much hope, but the clever title and good markeiting (including this "test") made it somewhat ...
