Indexing & Editing Services
Indexing
Professional quality indexes prepared with your success in mind.
Why Invest in an Index?
Usability - You've spent hours over your book, crafting it to perfection. What better way to have readers return to your book again and again than to have an easy way for them to find the information they remember reading or need to quote?
Marketability - Have you noticed that when Amazon provides a Look Inside feature for a book they sell, they include the index? Indexes make books more usable and more valuable. People decide to buy a book based on a review of the index.
Impact - Colleagues and reviewers will assess the completeness of your book, and its impact on the field, in part, on the quality of the index. A professional indexer is organized and attentive to details, understands the requirements of the publisher, and is familiar with indexing principles and standards that result in quality work.
What I offer
Indexes that are accurate, comprehensive, and delivered on time.
Full attention to your book, your ideas, and what you are trying to convey.
Experience and familiarity with publisher requirements and indexing standards.
Attention to detail and an interest in seeing you succeed.
I love indexing! I love picking up a new book, discovering what it is about, and creating a map of its concepts and relationships that will both represent the author's thoughts and lead readers gently into the book. Each book has its own unique challenges that make the process ever new, fun, and rewarding. And while indexing, I learn so much.
Subjects & Materials
My interests are eclectic and broad, enabling the writing of indexes in a wide range of subjects. My preference is for scholarly materials in music, the arts, education, information sciences, and the social sciences. I can handle technical materials in music and the information sciences.
Indexes are also prepared for general interest books in the areas of parenting, child development, nature and the environment, sewing and knitting, gardening, and home repair.
See selected list of completed indexes.
Member
American Society for Indexing
Editing
I provide copyediting services for scholarly and trade books, journal articles, conference papers, dissertations, reports, business publications, and other materials. My goal is to help you polish your writing so that it is clear and free of errors. To that end, all or some of these aspects of your writing are reviewed, depending on your needs:
Types of Materials and Subject Areas
I copyedit scholarly and trade books, journal articles, conference papers, dissertations, reports, business publications, and other materials.
Information science, librarianship, education, music, and the performing arts are my strengths. However, a natural curiosity and broad interests enable me to tackle general interest topics, social sciences, art history, history, culture, and other non-technical texts.
See selected list of editing projects.
Member
Editorial Freelancers Association
Indexing
Professional quality indexes prepared with your success in mind.
Why Invest in an Index?
Usability - You've spent hours over your book, crafting it to perfection. What better way to have readers return to your book again and again than to have an easy way for them to find the information they remember reading or need to quote?
Marketability - Have you noticed that when Amazon provides a Look Inside feature for a book they sell, they include the index? Indexes make books more usable and more valuable. People decide to buy a book based on a review of the index.
Impact - Colleagues and reviewers will assess the completeness of your book, and its impact on the field, in part, on the quality of the index. A professional indexer is organized and attentive to details, understands the requirements of the publisher, and is familiar with indexing principles and standards that result in quality work.
What I offer
Indexes that are accurate, comprehensive, and delivered on time.
Full attention to your book, your ideas, and what you are trying to convey.
Experience and familiarity with publisher requirements and indexing standards.
Attention to detail and an interest in seeing you succeed.
I love indexing! I love picking up a new book, discovering what it is about, and creating a map of its concepts and relationships that will both represent the author's thoughts and lead readers gently into the book. Each book has its own unique challenges that make the process ever new, fun, and rewarding. And while indexing, I learn so much.
Subjects & Materials
My interests are eclectic and broad, enabling the writing of indexes in a wide range of subjects. My preference is for scholarly materials in music, the arts, education, information sciences, and the social sciences. I can handle technical materials in music and the information sciences.
Indexes are also prepared for general interest books in the areas of parenting, child development, nature and the environment, sewing and knitting, gardening, and home repair.
See selected list of completed indexes.
Member
American Society for Indexing
Editing
I provide copyediting services for scholarly and trade books, journal articles, conference papers, dissertations, reports, business publications, and other materials. My goal is to help you polish your writing so that it is clear and free of errors. To that end, all or some of these aspects of your writing are reviewed, depending on your needs:
- Spelling
- Punctuation
- Grammar
- Word usage
- Flow of the text
- Clarity of meaning
- Compliance with required formats and style
- Citations and references
Types of Materials and Subject Areas
I copyedit scholarly and trade books, journal articles, conference papers, dissertations, reports, business publications, and other materials.
Information science, librarianship, education, music, and the performing arts are my strengths. However, a natural curiosity and broad interests enable me to tackle general interest topics, social sciences, art history, history, culture, and other non-technical texts.
See selected list of editing projects.
Member
Editorial Freelancers Association
