If you expect your publication to be used after the initial reading, you must invest in a well-designed index tailored not only to your publication, but to your users' needs. Your information does little good if you don't provide easy access to it.
Why Use a Book Indexing Service?
As an author or publisher, you are also a reader. So you know the many benefits of an index in any decent nonfiction book.
To have one created for your book, you have several options:
Do It Yourself
You could try to build your book's index by hand. But this would be quite time-consuming, tedious, and risky. There are many reasons why this is usually the worst option.
Indexing Software
You could try to use an indexing program. But it would be expensive, would not do the indexing for you, and hence would probably not save you any time. Authors usually have poor results with indexing programs.
Another Indexer
You could hire a conventional freelance indexer. But the better ones are expensive ($4 per page is typical) and take a lot of time to complete projects. There are other disadvantages as well.
Fortunately, there is a better option — one that is faster, easier, and less expensive.
With more writing and editing experience than most indexers, Michael J. Ross is able to craft an index for your book in less time, and thus at less cost ($200 deposit + $2.50 per page). Save hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Rather than waiting many weeks, you will receive the index within one week, ready to be added to your book.