Indexing Main
Judy works with authors and publishers to create back-of-book indexes for nonfiction books. Her specialties are: social sciences, self-improvement, home improvement, literature, memoir, nonprofit management, education, parenting, and marriage.
A good index will increase book sales. It will also help satisfy readers. An index serves as a map to the depth and breadth of content. An index gives readers multiple access points to that content.
In creating an index, Judy
- identifies and locates relevant information,
- analyzes text to indicate relationships between concepts, and
- arranges entries into a systematic and helpful order.
She retains the author’s terminology as well as anticipates the language and expectations of a variety of readers.
She can create the index to author and publisher specifications. Or make the decisions about those items for which a preference is not indicated.
Judy completed the University of California Berkeley indexing course with high acclaim, under the instruction of Jan Wright, Wright Information Indexing Systems. She is a member of the American Society for Indexing (ASI) and Treasurer of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of ASI.
Please use the Request for Bid form to describe your project. Judy will reply promptly.
Or learn more . . .
What is Indexing?
Why Have a Professional Indexer Index Your Book?
Judy's Resume
Sample Index: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver