For those of you interested in epub indexes (back of the book style, hyperlinked) and who are in the Boston area, you may be interested in attending an event:
Indexes in Ebooks and Embedded Indexing
Date: Thursday, April 5, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: Cengage Learning, 10 Channel Center, 3rd floor, Boston, MA
This event is free and open to the public!
In an event co-organized by
Bookbuilders of Boston, the New England Chapter of the American
Society for Indexing (http://newenglandindexers.org
Following a brief introduction on how book indexes are managed for print and digital publications of the publisher Cengage, we will have a presentation by the indexing industry expert Stephen Ingle. This will be followed by Q&A and hopefully some good discussion.
There will also be networking time, and food will be available.
"Indexes for Digital Publications: "The Battle of
the Books"
Presented by Stephen Ingle
In 1704 the Irish author Jonathan Swift satirically described a literal "battle of the books" in the King's Library in London. Today we are witnessing several battles in the digital publishing sphere: between proponents and opponents of indexes, between freelance indexers and their customers who want more for less, and even between individual indexers about the best way to approach indexing for digital books. The good news is that we are starting to see some emerging solutions to these conflicts. This presentation will offer suggestions on how publishers can maximize customer value by utilizing the potential of digital indexes in the most cost-effective way.
Stephen Ingle is the president and CEO of WordCo Indexing Services, Inc. (www.wordco.com), founded in 1988 and located in Norwich, Connecticut. He has served on the national board of the American Society for Indexing (ASI). His interests include publishing workflows, especially as they pertain to digital publishing. He is presenting at the Textbook & Academic Authors Association annual conference in Santa Fe in June.