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With University of North Carolina Press – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉
30/12/2024

With University of North Carolina Press – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

07/10/2023

The check is in the mail. Probably.

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17/08/2023

Kevin Joel Berland, Starfish House’s indexing specialist,has provided indexes for these books:   Bloomsbury Visual Arts: Serena Dyer and Chloe Wigston Smith, editors. Material Literacy i…

17/08/2023

"Yet I must admit something else here, even though it will make me seem like a megalomaniac: I love reading the index to any book I publish. It's always my favorite part. Exploring the index from a book you created is like having someone split your head open with an axe so that you can peruse the contents of your brain. It's the alphabetizing of your consciousness." [ From the introduction to Chuck Klosterman's collection, X]

Colleagues in the American Society for Indexing recently shared this excellent item.
30/04/2023

Colleagues in the American Society for Indexing recently shared this excellent item.

Indexes (indices) are getting a long overdue burst of attention, thanks to Dennis Duncan's Index, A History of the...
16/03/2022

Indexes (indices) are getting a long overdue burst of attention, thanks to Dennis Duncan's Index, A History of the...

The index has a fascinating history and holds a special place for one obsessive who sees it as a sort of conceptual map.

Hey, it's University Press Week! All these excellent books have indexes (not by me, however, but I'm sure they are great...
03/10/2019

Hey, it's University Press Week! All these excellent books have indexes (not by me, however, but I'm sure they are great indexes. Thanks and a tip of the hat to Lithub.

This November, pick up a university press book—or two—to learn more about the issues of the day. That’s the hope of the international university press organization AUPresses, which celebrates the e…

When the astronauts landed on the Moon, they named the four craters around the landing site Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Ind...
25/06/2019

When the astronauts landed on the Moon, they named the four craters around the landing site Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Index! Yes, they did! We're not kidding! Check this out: https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2685

(Thanks and a tip of the hat to Catherine Barr of Under the Oaks Indexing.)

Celebrate World Book Day by thanking the indexers who provide the keys to the kingdom that is books!
23/04/2019

Celebrate World Book Day by thanking the indexers who provide the keys to the kingdom that is books!

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