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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> I am indeed one of those, since the days when we actually used index 
> cards to ply our trade.  Do you need me?"

No, but I have filed you in my mind file.

One of my great disappointments with Warner Books is they assigned an 
indexer without my knowledge. My account ended up being charged, I 
think $800, for a quite incomplete index. An embarrassment.

In my first and second editions I used a facility in either Word or 
Pagemaker to do the indexes. I believe they are quite good, but I am 
biased. Seems to me that if authors have the motivation and the 
ability, then they should index to ensure that their readers are well served.

One of my disappointments with publishing these days is non-fiction 
books without indexes. In most cases I choose not to buy them. 
Seems  to me shortsighted, a false economy, certainly a very great 
disservice to readers. Oh yeah, I know the tight economics of publishing.