Premium Manual Indexing
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Most nonfiction books benefit from a subject index to help readers quickly locate topics and navigate your book more easily. A clear, well-organized index adds real value to your work by making the information more accessible and user-friendly.
Our Premium Manual Indexing service provides a professionally created, human-crafted subject index tailored specifically to the content and audience of your book.
Get a Professional, Human-Crafted Index for Your Nonfiction Book
What You Receive with the Premium Manual Indexing Service
- Carefully curated subject terms chosen by a professional indexer, not a computer.
- Clear, alphabetized entries with main headings and subheadings where appropriate.
- Accurate page references based on your final formatted book.
- Reader-friendly structure that matches the tone, depth, and purpose of your book.
The page-count used for pricing is based on the entire length of your final formatted book (not the length of the index itself). Once the index is created, it is inserted into the back of your book and you have the opportunity to review it before publication, so you always maintain creative control over your content.
How Our Premium Manual Indexing Service Works
- Finalize your manuscript layout. We work from your formatted interior so page references are accurate.
- A professional indexer reviews your book. They read through the text to identify important topics, names, and concepts.
- We create a tiered subject index. Entries are grouped, cross-referenced where appropriate, and prepared for print.
- You review and approve. You can request minor changes to ensure the index reflects your preferences.
We also Offer Express Indexing as a Budget-Friendly Alternative
In addition to this premium human-crafted indexing service, Outskirts Press offers Express Indexing for authors who prefer a more economical, hands-on solution.
With Express Indexing (flat rate of $299), a specialized computer program scans your manuscript and generates an index for you. The result is a detailed, computer-generated subject index that you can then:
- Review and refine on your own,
- Remove entries you don’t want,
- Add entries you feel are missing, and
- Submit as your final index to be inserted into your print files.
Automated Indexing is ideal for authors who want a lower-cost starting point and are comfortable making their own editorial decisions about which terms to keep, add, or remove.
This Premium Manual Indexing service remains the best choice if you want a fully curated, human-crafted index created by a professional indexer from start to finish.
This Premium Manual Indexing service remains the best choice if you want a fully curated, human-crafted index created by a professional indexer from start to finish.
Not sure which option is right for you? Your Outskirts Press Publishing Consultant can help you decide whether a professionally crafted human index or our new Express Indexing service is the best fit for your book, your budget, and your readers.
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