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Name
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Name of Publication
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Phone
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Date
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Email Address
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What kind of book is this – book, journal, scholarly, trade, technical?
On what date will you send the page proofs to me? Approximate dates are fine.
Is there a page limitation to the size of the index?
Select
Yes
No
If yes, how many pages?
When do you want the index in your hands?
Is this date negotiable?
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Yes
No
How many pages do you expect the text to be?
Is there apt to be a change in the # of pages?
Select
Yes
No
What size are the pages?
Are there illustrations? Approximately what percentage of the pages will this comprise?
Is there any other special material in the book? Approximately what percentage of the pages will this comprise?
Who is your audience (experts, people with an average understanding of this subject, or people new to this subject?)
Will you want me to turn copyright over to you?
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Yes
No
Will I receive credit as the author of the index, either on the first page of the index, in the acknowledgements section, or on the title page?
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Yes
No
Will I receive a portfolio copy of the book?
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Yes
No
How shall I handle any errors I find? Do you want to be notified? If so, do you want me to contact you immediately, or shall I send you a note with the final index?
Is someone going to edit the index?
Select
Yes
No
Will I get a copy to make final changes? (If not, please don’t give me credit.)
Select
Yes
No
How do you want the index delivered?
Print copy only
Electronic copy via e-mail
Electronic copy via disk
Electronic copy via FTP
Format of electronic copy (eg: RTF?)
Do you want page proofs returned to you when indexing is complete?
Select
Yes
No
Style to Follow
House guidelines (will be sent with the pages)
Sample index (will be sent with the pages)
Chicago Manual of Style (Index references indicated in parentheses below)
Comments
Numbers in Entries (Numerically)
Numbers in Entries (Alphabetically)
Locators (8.69, 8.70)
Locators of Non-continuous Discussions
Locators of Non-continuous Discussions
Other
Display Material
Symbols listed separately?
Yes
No
Special Formatting of certain types of headings?
Yes
No
Describe
Format
Indented
Run-In
Alphabetization
Word by word
Letter by letter
Acronyms
Spell-out
Acronym
Numbers
Spell-out
At beginning of index
Symbols
Ignore
At beginning of index
Names
Proper to common
Common to proper
Capitalization
Proper nouns and names only
Initial letters of main headings only
Initial letters of all headings
Small caps throughout index
Depth
No limit
Limited to certain levels
List how many levels
Cross-References
Run-in
Indented
Beginning of entry
End of entry
Locators (page references)
Full
Conflated
Separate from entry with
Comma
Colon
Hyphen
2 Spaces
Please Index
Foot/end notes
Illustrations/maps
Charts/tables
Glossary
Appendices
Other
Locator font
Bold
Italics
Normal
Locator font
Bold
Italics
Normal
Locator font
Bold
Italics
Normal
Locator font
Bold
Italics
Normal
Locator font
Bold
Italics
Normal
Please list
Locator font
Bold
Italics
Normal
Length of Index: (Average length is 5% of text length)
Not limited
Limited
Page count
Line count
Character count
Font size
Columns
Useable page size
Header letters - size
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