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Book Indexing Services

Our back-of-the-book indexing service provides on-time service at competitive rates:

• The book indexer writes back-of-the-book indexes that are accurate,
  comprehensive and well structured - thoughtfully reflecting the content
  of the books. Book indexing is both an art and a science.
  
  
• The book indexer uses parallel construction, with double-posted entries
  and appropriate cross-references to help readers find information quickly.
  
  
• The book indexer formats the back of book index to your specifications
  or style guide.
  
  
• The book indexer will flag any typographical errors or inconsistencies
  that he finds in the text.
  
  
• Our book indexing services receive top marks from repeat clients
  

Studies show that a quality back of book index definitely increases book sales.
Readers, book reviewers, academics and librarians are less likely to buy or
even recommend a book without an index. So authors and publishers rely on
professional book indexers to write back-of-the-book indexes for them.

A good quality index is a mark of a serious book. When written to generally
accepted indexing standards, the index performs flawlessly. Readers find what
they are looking for and don't give the index a second thought. If however, the
book lacks an index, or the index is poorly written, readers becomes frustrated
and simply go to the next book. The book sale is lost.

• Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition."Less time is available for the preparation
  of an index than for almost any other step in the bookmaking process. For obvious
  reasons, most indexes cannot be composed until the page proofs are available.
  Typesetters are anxious for those few final pages of copy; printers want to get the
  job on the press; binders are waiting; salesmen are clamoring for the finished books.
  Surely you can get that index done over the weekend!?!"
  
  
• Alec Clifton-Taylor, An Open Letter to a Publisher: "Few authors, I suspect are temperamentally capable of making their own index."
  
  
• Dr. Samuel Austin Allibon, Critical Dictionary of Authors. "We know that in the
  construction of a good index, there is more scope for the exercise of judgment and
  abilities than is commonly supposed. We recognize the merits of an experienced
  book indexer, and we are very ready to testify out thankfulness for his executions."