Subject: Re: [Homestead] was SJ's journey, now indexing
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:29:42 -0600
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.
Re: [Homestead] Update on homesteady things
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