Welcome again to another Q&A on this last Tuesday of the month. It is hard to believe that September is almost here. Today’s question is from Reed, who asks, How do you handle providing samples of past indexes for potential clients? Thank you, Reed. That is an excellent question. My… Read More »Q&A: How Do You Provide Indexing Samples?
In some ways, I feel like I am writing today’s reflection to myself. Over this last year I’ve been focused on the business side of my freelance indexing business. Things like tightening up procedures, identifying and tracking metrics, learning to work with subcontractors. This may also mean changing who I… Read More »Fine-Tuning the Client Flywheel
I’ve been freelancing for almost thirteen years now, and I feel like I am at another juncture at which I am reassessing my business and contemplating how best to move forward. I periodically find myself here. This is partly driven by external factors, often the need to earn a little… Read More »Freelancing Within a Niche
Fall has definitely arrived here in Edmonton. Leaves are turning a beautiful golden yellow and the temperature at night is starting to dip below freezing. This year this also seems to be the season for an uptick in queries to index academic books, most of them ready for indexing in… Read More »When Potential Clients Ghost Me
Freelancers are ubiquitous within publishing. Most publishers maintain a relatively small number of in-house staff, with much of the actual production work contracted out. What does this mean for the relationship between freelancer and publisher? Before I dig into this topic, I want to acknowledge that I write from a… Read More »A Member of the Team? Freelance Indexers Within Publishing
What can main headings be composed of? Main headings, which kick off an entry or array, usually describe a single person or thing. It could be a name, or a government agency, or a physical object, or a concept. It is concrete and identifiable. Which is what we want in… Read More »Index Profile: Tracing Complicated Relationships in Main Headings, in The Other Great Game