Indexing as a business
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.
- Late bloomer: an indexer gets a start, by Jane Purton, The Indexer, 2005;24(4):179-180.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Quoting
- ANZSI recommended rate
- '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.
- Moral rights, by Australian Copyright Council, Information Sheet G043, 2006.
