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Apr 28 · 5 min read · You finished writing your nonfiction book. You formatted it, got the cover designed, and you're staring at the production checklist. Then you see it: index. And the question lands: do I actually need one? The honest answer isn't a flat yes or no — it...
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Apr 27 · 8 min read · The instinct is completely logical. You've been using ChatGPT or Claude for outlines, research summaries, cover copy, and email rewrites. It processes text fast. It can read a chapter and produce something coherent. Why not ask it to build your book ...
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Apr 20 · 7 min read · If you've been waiting for a free book indexing solution, Cindex has heard you. In spring 2024, Scribendi — the software's longtime owner — announced it was open-sourcing Cindex under a CC0 public domain license, making it freely available to anyone ...
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Apr 15 · 6 min read · If you've ever flipped to the back of a nonfiction book hunting for that one statistic — the one you knew was in there, somewhere around chapter seven — you already understand what a book index does. You just may not have thought about how it got the...
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Apr 10 · 8 min read · The quote landed on a Tuesday afternoon. My editor had connected me with a freelance indexer she'd worked with for years — experienced, credentialed, highly regarded. The estimate: $975 for my 270-page business book. Four-week turnaround. Payment in ...
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