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Why commission a professional indexer?

by Lyndsay Marshall
29/06/202001/07/2020
Indexing Skills, Professional Indexers

Commissioning a professional indexer to index your publication can save you time and stress, and ensure that your readers will gain the best possible route map to your content.
Indexing is a specialist skill and it takes a significant amount of time to prepare an index well. It is an analytical process, not a keyword search, and it cannot be adequately replicated by computer software.

Making alternative arrangements

by Lyndsay Marshall
27/07/202027/10/2020
Indexing Biography/Autobiography, Indexing Scripture, Indexing Skills, Professional Indexers

Sometimes indexers use ordering systems that are neither numerical nor alphabetical. This post discusses two examples of different arrangements: the book order of a Scripture index, and the use of themes in biographical indexing.

As simple as ABC?

by Lyndsay Marshall
01/07/202002/07/2020
Indexing Skills, Professional Indexers

We know the order of the 26 letters, so it should be straightforward to apply this to a list of words, shouldn’t it? Look at… Read More »As simple as ABC?