Michelle Guiliano - Line by Line Indexing

Some facts about my indexing business and process:

1  I’ve indexed over 125,00 pages in more than 300 books since 2014.

2. Four of the first five books I indexed were over 1000 pages long. I’m a fast learner!

3. My background is in the sciences – medicine specifically. I ran my own medical practice with my husband for more than 10 years.

4. I index more than just medical and science books.  Here’s an eclectic selection:

• • treatise on dressage:  Dressage for No Country by Paul Belasik
  • The History of Gangster Rap by Soren Baker
  • analysis of post-WWII Italy through cinema, literature, and US military guidebooks: Allied Encounters: The Gendered Redemption of World War II Italy by Marisa Escola
  • mystery of America’s first flag’s origin: The First American Flag: Revisiting the Grand Union at Prospect Hill by Byron DeLear
  • Chicago sewer system history:  West by Southwest to Stickney by Richard Lanyon

5. I read every book that I indexer from cover to cover–at least TWICE. The first time through, I employ the old-school method of marking up the book with a modern twist: on my iPad. Then  I read the book for the second time as I prepare the index.  Sometimes a third pass through the book is necessary to consolidate concepts and themes.

6. My indexing process is paper-free.

7. Today, I use five software programs to produce one quality index. Thirty-five years ago, indexers used only index cards and an electric typewriter. I don’t know how they managed.

Find out more about my indexing business and my rates here.