Re: Re: What's on your TC bookshelf?

[Susan W. Gallagher <sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net>]

I have friends who are professional indexers. They'd never
let that shoddy a job out of their shops. And, IMO, if a
technical writer writes a book for technical writers, there
are no excuses for lack of quality in either writing or
information design (of which an index is a part). The 
audience -- at least this little segment -- knows better.

Horton has his name on the book. Horton is to blame for the
shitty index. He should know better.

-swg
> 
> From: Michele Davis <michele -at- krautgrrl -dot- com>
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I can actually answer this question. The husband and I wrote an Oracle 
> book and the publisher was going to "withdraw" $3.50 per page from us, 
> which was half of the indexer's per page rate to have our book indexed. 
> I have saved myself and my co-authors money by doing the indexing 
> myself. $7/page is low, and indexing is hard, IMO. So Chuck is 
> absolutely correct.
> 
> Michele

> Chuck Martin wrote:
> 
> >"Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net> wrote in message
> >news:212593 -at- techwr-l -dot-  -dot-  -dot- 
> >  
> >
> >>I bought Horton's Online book when it first came out and
> >>refuse to buy anything else by him until he learns to index!
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >Not to defend Horton, but I have to ask: was the indexing done by him?
> >
> >I do believe that many, if not most, book publishers have professional
> >indexers in their employ to perform that task.
> >  
> >