Of course, some restraint is needed – you can`t (and shouldn`t) include any synonym for every word in your index. Put yourself in your readers` shoes and try to include terms that you think are most likely to search for. There is not much to do there. This is an essential element of liberal activity. Hence the question of the time it is possible to prepare indexing projects. If I am contacted more than a month before an indexing project, it slips to a later date, without exception. If only for a few days, it can cause some problems (see the calendar, overcrowded, in the book of life). It`s also not a good idea to wait until the day you have proofs ready to be shipped. Normally, you can find an indexer, but you may not get your first choice. A good lead time seems to be three to four weeks. For a simple and repetitive input word, you can select all mark them to automatically index each occurrence exactly that term.

A good hint does not provide an ongoing comment on the text, it does not describe the text, or introduce new information. Delivery of manuscripts. If you find that you need an extension for your manuscript, contact your publisher immediately. We closely monitor manuscript delivery schedules to establish our seasonal lists (spring and fall) and to promote upcoming books at important times of the year to sales and media. A revised deadline for your manuscript often means reviewing its seasonal publication. If we send electronic files with proof of page, we give you a length limit for the index manuscript, which we ask you not to exceed. The final index may be shorter than this maximum. However, if you find that your index length seems to be missing our estimate by far, please contact your production editor immediately.

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