Indexing as a business

General
Quoting
Health
Moral rights

see also Employment tips

General

Thinking of becoming an indexer? Society of Indexers.
Indexing resources on the WWW – Becoming an indexer & running your indexing business
The indexing work environment, in: Glenda Browne and Jon Jermey, The indexing Companion, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 1-25.
Managing the work, in: Pat Booth, Indexing: the manual of good practice, Müchen: KG Saur, 2001, pp. 315-374.
Articles on the practice of indexing in The Indexer.
Indexing as a business: report on panel session held 22 May 2003, by Kerry Biram, AusSI Newsletter, 2003;27(5):52-4. [PDF 217KB]
Indexing: technical, professional and business-related issues, by Mary Russell, ANZSI Newsletter, 2006;2(4):6-7. [PDF 86KB]
Freelance indexing, by Glenda Browne, in: Margaret Findlay (ed), The August indexer: proceedings from the second international conference, 27–29 August 1999, Hobart, Tasmania, Melbourne: Australian Society of Indexers, 1999, pp. 36-40.
Breaking into indexing, Society of Indexers information leaflet no: 2, 2002.
'Do you actually read the entire book?': the life of an indexer, by Enid L. Zafran.
Is indexing for you?, by Susan Holbert.
How to index your book (and why I''ll never do it again), by Kathleen Fitzpatrick, The Chronical of Higher Education, November 16, 2010.
Starting an Indexing Business, 4th Edition, edited by Enid L. Zafran and Joan Shapiro, Wheat Ridge, CO: American Society for Indexing, August 2008. Order details.
Running an indexing business, edited by Janet Perlman, Wheat Ridge, CO: American Society of Indexers, 2001. Order details.
Marketing your index services, edited by Anne Leach, 3rd edition Wheat Ridge, CO: American Society for Indexing, 2011. Order details.
Thinking of starting a business
Home-based business
Alternative sources of work, by Glenda Browne, AusSI Newsletter, 2003;27(1):1, 6. [PDF 749KB]
Book production and the indexer: a guide for freelance indexers, Society of Indexers Information Leaflet no. 1, 2002.
Tips and hints – paper size, ANZSI Newsletter, 2010;6(5):7. [PDF 219KB]

Experiences of starting out

see also Quiet Achievers in Indexing
Late bloomer: an indexer gets a start, by Jane Purton, The Indexer, 2005;24(4):179-180.
My first (real) indexing job, Pacific Northwest Chapter, American Society of Indexers, 2010
Portrait of an indexer: the first year, by Kendra H Mills, The Indexer, 2010;28(4):151–153.

Quoting

ANZSI recommended rate
Preparing the indexing quote, by Max McMaster, The Indexer, 2012:30(2):100-2. Single issue available here
'Managing freelance work', in: Glenda Browne and Jon Jermey, The indexing Companion, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 7-10.
Pricing the index: a comparison of methods, by Max McMaster, in: Max McMaster (ed) Indexers – partners in publishing. Proceedings from the first international conference, 31 March – 2 April, 1995, Marysville, Victoria, Melbourne: Australian Society of Indexers, 1995, pp. 16-19.
Quoting for indexing work, by Glenda Browne, in: Max McMaster (ed) Indexers – partners in publishing. Proceedings from the first international conference, 31 March – 2 April, 1995, Marysville, Victoria, Melbourne: Australian Society of Indexers, 1995, pp. 20-26.

Health

Health trade-offs in teleworking: an exploratory study of work and health in computer home-based working, Barbara Steward, The Indexer, 2001;22(3):142-6

Moral rights

Moral rights, by C Kearney, ANZSI Newsletter, 2001:25(6):59.