RATES
Per-page rates, the most common form
of determining index cost, generally ranges from $3-$7
per page. Special projects may require additional fees
and simple projects may cost less. Factors influencing
rate include:
- type of material (trade book, encyclopedia, scholarly
book, medical/scientific, journal, database)
- audience (general public, student, researcher, professional)
- density of material (number of index entries per
page)
- indexable material (footnotes, illustrations, tables)
- turnaround time (rush jobs might increase the fee)
- number of indexes (multiple indexes - e.g. author,
subject, first line, etc. - may require an additional
fee)
- dummy folios (will we be working with final proofs
or temporary page numbers that will require conversion?)
- embedded indexes
In order for us to be able to give
you a firm quote on a specific project, we ask you,
as much as possible, to please provide a short sample
of the material, generally a chapter from the middle
of the book.
Pages for evaluation may be emailed
PDFs or a Word file. Please let me know it's coming!
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