http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/ Indexers' Discussion List Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:19:44 GMT Carolyn Weaver http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13792 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13792 I always tell clients that up to two hours of edits/repagination are included in the base fee. Any additional time is billed at $50/hr. Carolyn Weaver ... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:07:07 GMT em_lau_ra http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13791 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13791 Hello All, The author of a 200 page book which I indexed says that the page numbers in the final proofs have changed and wants to pay me to fix the index for Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:21:20 GMT jstemarie1 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13790 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13790 Good morning everyone, I'm doing research for an article in The Indexer on why people do or do not join their respective indexing societies. I've read over the Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:07:50 GMT Paula Presley http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13789 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13789 Thanks for the advice!! It turns out to be an English translation of an oral saga, much in the nature of Song of Roland. The professor is Senegalese and wrote Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:56:30 GMT Carolyn Weaver http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13788 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13788 I don't know the language, but recently indexed a book that focuses on the region where it's spoken, with many transliterated terms in the text. Main thing to Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:02:51 GMT Paula Presley http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13787 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13787 I have a meeting this evening with an author re (I think) indexing a book that is an English translation of a Mandinga text. The author is from Senegal. I'll Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:20:32 GMT Joel S. Berson http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13786 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13786 Joanne said her index is to be embedded. But if not -- I assume that one could (should/must?!) also paginate the index (and other front matter) as a separate Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:36:46 GMT Margaret Berson http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13785 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13785 I just tried to see if I could insert an index elsewhere than at the end of the file. Normally you would generate the index at the end of your file. As far as Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:26:50 GMT Linda Sutherland http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13784 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13784 ... I have a copy of ISO 999 (Guidelines for the content, organization and presentation of indexes), and as far as I can tell, that has nothing to say about Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:59:23 GMT Joanne Sprott http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13783 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13783 Hi, all, Got an interesting query from a client. Seems they are favoring putting the index in the front of the procedures manual (for working with nuclear Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:48:20 GMT kennyhassman http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13782 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13782 Good morning all! A client has asked me to please help them find humanities copyeditors. It is an offshore client for whom I have done dozens of indexing jobs, Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:48:53 GMT Deidre McCammon http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13781 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13781 Hello, My name is Ruth and I am also newly enrolled in the UC Berkeley online course, Indexing: Theory and Application. I think it is great that I can live in Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:25:57 GMT Connie Binder http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13780 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13780 Please join ASI's Mid- and South-Atlantic Chapter for our December workshop. What: Polishing Your Index, an all-day index editing workshop Who: Enid Zafran Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:07:30 GMT em_lau_ra http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13779 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13779 All are invited to attend an informal meet-up of Sacramento area indexers and indexing students on Sunday, November 22nd at 11:30 at the Tower Cafe Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:30:06 GMT louder440 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13778 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indexersdiscussionlist/message/13778 My name is Karen and I have enrolled in the Berkeley Extension Indexing: Theory and Application Course. My instructor is Sylvia Coates. I am currently looking