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Subject:Re: Book indexing as a career? From:Ad absurdum per aspera <JTCHEW -at- LBL -dot- GOV> Date:Fri, 22 Jul 1994 21:28:57 GMT
Whether the field of indexing is "growing," I don't know, but
everybody I've ever heard from who has had a book professionally
indexed sings the praises of this craft and the people who do it.
There's a professional society for them, but I have no further
information -- hence the crosspost to bit.listserv.techwr-l, with
followups back here to misc.writing.
Cheers,
Joe
"The pallid pimp of the dead-line/The enervate of the pen" -Robert Service
kknoll -at- ucsd -dot- edu (Kelly Knoll) wrote on misc.writing:
> A friend is exploring a career change and was told that book indexing is a
> growing field. This is the ONLY information I was given to start my search.
> I read the "computer indexing" thread which answers the how-to-index side.
> Can anyone offer any information - starting points, anything? Or at least
> direct me somewhere where I might be able to get information?
> Thanks in advance.
