Indexes in the Press

June 10, 2007, The Washington Post, in a review of Diet for a Small Planet by Barbara Kingsolver (HarperCollins), "Alas, the book lacks an index."

In the November 2006 issue of Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazine, in an article entitled "There's More to a Guidebook Than Its Cover". It suggests 6 parts to evaluate before purchasing a guidebook, including the brand name, edition and copyright, scope, author bio, and maps. The sixth suggestion is "Browse a book's index to get an overall sense of how thorough it is. Look in particular for topics that are important to you."

From Last But Not Least: A Guide for Editors Commissioning Indexes, published by the Society of Indexers (U.K., 1998, available free to publishers), "A good author deserves a professionally produced index. There are specific indexing skills which are developed with experience:

Customers Are Saying

While repeat business is the best recommendation, it's always nice to hear feedback such as the following:

• "Let me say again what a truly excellent job you din in creating the index. It is put together with real sophistication, at a level I probably could not have achieved." Author, University of Illinois, 2008
• "I was very impressed with the detailed nature of the index...you have great skill to be able to pull all of that information out of someone else's book!" Author, University of Rochester, 2008
• "At one point I had thought about doing the index myself-what a mistake THAT would have been! I could not have come close to the detail, cross-referencing, and accuracy you have provided." Author, Boston College, 2008
• "The index's breadth and specificity are impressively thorough, even with the index's conciseness." Editor, 2007
• "GREAT JOB! This is just fabulous and days ahead of schedule." Author, University of South Florida, 2006
• "Thanks for getting the index done so quickly. It looks great. I can't think of anything I would like to change." Author, Princeton University, 2006

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