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Indexing Service

Services Overview

Back of the Book Alphabetical Index

Generates fast answers for readers

Indexed by keyword, name and subject

3 week maximum turnaround time.

Adds a professional touch to your book

Creates reader convenience

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Indexing Services Overview

The index of your book is the bridge between the author and reader. It helps readers easily find and comprehend the information presented by the author in a manner that makes sense to them. Engaging a professional book indexing service increases reader engagement and curiosity. Readers are encouraged to explore further into the thoughts and ideas within a book through a logically structured index, making pertinent information easily discoverable by your readers.

Your book's index serves to verify the authenticity and integrity of content within a publication. It establishes that your book contains information that is worthy of inherent value. Every nonfiction book requires an index to aid readers in selecting and accessing specific topics. A well-organized index is highly recommended for quality publications, but it is crucial for publishers to partner with experienced indexing professional who are capable of methodically organizing subject material that is contained within the completed manuscript.

View a sample of one of our professionally produced indexes


FAQ

When should I submit my document for indexing?
At the very last phase of your book. This is because any changes you make to your final manuscript will affect the page numbers shown in your index. Hence the index process will have to be re-started all over again.

What type of index will I receive?
Your index will be an easy to use keyword style back-of-the-book index, which is the most common version of indexes.

How long does it take?
Between 2 and 3 weeks

How much does it cost?
Popular science or business books might have 3 and 7 index entries per page and cost $2.50-$3.75 per indexable page

Academic books have between 5 and 10 entries per page and cost $3.00-$6.00 per indexable page

Textbooks have between 7 and 10 entries per page and cost $3.50-$5.00 per indexable page

Technical books have between 7 and 12 entries and cost $4-$6.00 per indexable page

What type of information will my index contain?
Your back-of-the-book index includes names, key concepts/terms, methodologies, and themes that highlight the book’s unique contributions and enable diverse, interdisciplinary audiences to navigate your book.

What quality guidelines do you adhere by?
Your deadline is be extremely important to us. Your index is guaranteed to be reader-friendly, thoroughly spellchecked and submitted to you by your requested deadline.

To get started, register for a free Queensland Self Publishing account  and select Index Creation Service. A consultant will get back to you with the necessary details.



The Four Phase Process of your Book Indexing Service

Step 1
Categorization

Register for a free Queensland Self Publishing account  and upload your document. Our professional indexers will than review your book very carefully and categorize the headings and entries by name, subject, topic, subtopic and then assign the page numbers to the index accordingly.

Step 2
First Review

After the manuscript reviewing process, we send you an index draft for review and request a small deposit starter fee. The index draft process is free of charge.

Step 3
Final Review

After you have reviewed the index draft, if you have requested any revisions on the draft we will go ahead and update the index per your instructions.

Step 4
Completion

After implementing the requested revisions (if any), we send you the final completed index in a Word .doc file and also in a .txt file, making it easy for you to copy and paste the index into your final manuscript. At this time the remainder of your balance is requested and full payment is complete.

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