Nicola King
@nicolaking.bsky.social
Fellow of the Society of Indexers, ex-archaeologist, also family historian, mum, bell ringer, knitter and learning the cornet. Easily found elsewhere. https://abookindexer.com/
Latest client feedback for an index - Thank you very much for this! A formidable and impressive piece of work. - I hope they mean formidable in a good way!
December 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Latest client feedback for an index - Thank you very much for this! A formidable and impressive piece of work. - I hope they mean formidable in a good way!
Super hand crafted index to a handwritten book @djbduncan.bsky.social
This book was given to the Rev. David Milner by Lottie Ratcliffe in about 1945. It was the property, he believes, of Sarah (nee Pease) Milner, who married Thomas Milner in 1797 + died in 1820.
Predating Mrs Beeton,
It contains index for 205 food recipes + 84 recipes for 'medicines' and concoctions.
Predating Mrs Beeton,
It contains index for 205 food recipes + 84 recipes for 'medicines' and concoctions.
December 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Super hand crafted index to a handwritten book @djbduncan.bsky.social
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Appropriately, I particularly recommend the index of this book, which contains some special index jokes (make sure to look up the entry for "recursion")
Mandarins, Italian paired with Index, a History of the by Dennis Duncan
Day 19 of #BooksAreMyJam, in which I pair a language-y book from my shelves with today's jam from the Bonne Maman jamvent calendar
Day 19 of #BooksAreMyJam, in which I pair a language-y book from my shelves with today's jam from the Bonne Maman jamvent calendar
December 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Appropriately, I particularly recommend the index of this book, which contains some special index jokes (make sure to look up the entry for "recursion")
www.facebook.com/share/r/1Jnq... out this morning in Stony Stratford doing carols and stuff.
Redirecting...
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December 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
www.facebook.com/share/r/1Jnq... out this morning in Stony Stratford doing carols and stuff.
Not a problem for a professional indexer. A couple of clicks and it is dealt with.
WHY AUTHORS DRINK
Next book goes pre-order next week, so I'm finishing the indexing to finalize the page count.
We realized my intro appears twice, so publisher deleted the extra text.
Which changed the pagination by 2 pages. But not consistently, of course.
Goodbye two weeks of indexing.
Next book goes pre-order next week, so I'm finishing the indexing to finalize the page count.
We realized my intro appears twice, so publisher deleted the extra text.
Which changed the pagination by 2 pages. But not consistently, of course.
Goodbye two weeks of indexing.
December 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Not a problem for a professional indexer. A couple of clicks and it is dealt with.
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WHY AUTHORS DRINK
Next book goes pre-order next week, so I'm finishing the indexing to finalize the page count.
We realized my intro appears twice, so publisher deleted the extra text.
Which changed the pagination by 2 pages. But not consistently, of course.
Goodbye two weeks of indexing.
Next book goes pre-order next week, so I'm finishing the indexing to finalize the page count.
We realized my intro appears twice, so publisher deleted the extra text.
Which changed the pagination by 2 pages. But not consistently, of course.
Goodbye two weeks of indexing.
December 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
WHY AUTHORS DRINK
Next book goes pre-order next week, so I'm finishing the indexing to finalize the page count.
We realized my intro appears twice, so publisher deleted the extra text.
Which changed the pagination by 2 pages. But not consistently, of course.
Goodbye two weeks of indexing.
Next book goes pre-order next week, so I'm finishing the indexing to finalize the page count.
We realized my intro appears twice, so publisher deleted the extra text.
Which changed the pagination by 2 pages. But not consistently, of course.
Goodbye two weeks of indexing.
Not all authors like indexing their own books. @indexers.bsky.social has some advice here www.indexers.org.uk/about-indexi... with links to useful blogs if you need to do it.
December 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Not all authors like indexing their own books. @indexers.bsky.social has some advice here www.indexers.org.uk/about-indexi... with links to useful blogs if you need to do it.
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The only advantage for video is that you can produce a quick tutorial faster than creating written documentation. We still have never produced something better for finding the info you need than a decent index in the back of a book.
December 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The only advantage for video is that you can produce a quick tutorial faster than creating written documentation. We still have never produced something better for finding the info you need than a decent index in the back of a book.
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The church bells of Walthamstow, St Mary's await rehanging, following restoration work in 1896. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #Bells @arascot.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The church bells of Walthamstow, St Mary's await rehanging, following restoration work in 1896. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #Bells @arascot.bsky.social
A peep into the world of indexing from some authors' points of view. Please do not ever do an automatic index in MS Word. @indexers.bsky.social has a page with links to some super resources to help if you are in this position. www.indexers.org.uk/about-indexi...
December 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A peep into the world of indexing from some authors' points of view. Please do not ever do an automatic index in MS Word. @indexers.bsky.social has a page with links to some super resources to help if you are in this position. www.indexers.org.uk/about-indexi...
@djbduncan.bsky.social @baindex.org - winning them over one at a time.
A few years ago I read Duncan's *Index, A History of the* and since then I have more respect for the book index.
And now I find myself reading a sample of a book on Amazon that includes the index, and wondering how in the world these topics can be important enough to the subject to be included.
And now I find myself reading a sample of a book on Amazon that includes the index, and wondering how in the world these topics can be important enough to the subject to be included.
December 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
@djbduncan.bsky.social @baindex.org - winning them over one at a time.
Just pleased to be alive after being hit by a grown man riding a Lime Scooter on the pavement this morning. A glancing blow to the right arm, but it could have been curtains a split second earlier or for a lighter, frailer person. Yes I was coming out of the pharmacy, where lots of older people go.
December 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Just pleased to be alive after being hit by a grown man riding a Lime Scooter on the pavement this morning. A glancing blow to the right arm, but it could have been curtains a split second earlier or for a lighter, frailer person. Yes I was coming out of the pharmacy, where lots of older people go.
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Jesus Christ is always at the centre of Christmas. And everyone's invited to experience it with us.
Come and celebrate Christmas at a church near you.
Find services and events in your local community at AChurchNearYou.com/christmas.
Come and celebrate Christmas at a church near you.
Find services and events in your local community at AChurchNearYou.com/christmas.
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Jesus Christ is always at the centre of Christmas. And everyone's invited to experience it with us.
Come and celebrate Christmas at a church near you.
Find services and events in your local community at AChurchNearYou.com/christmas.
Come and celebrate Christmas at a church near you.
Find services and events in your local community at AChurchNearYou.com/christmas.
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First outdoor carolling last night www.facebook.com/reel/3221036...
1.3K views · 56 reactions | Our first night of carolling around New Bradwell was really enjoyable. The weather was mild, and we were so warmly welcomed by the people of Brad'll - thank you!
See you...
Our first night of carolling around New Bradwell was really enjoyable. The weather was mild, and we were so warmly welcomed by the people of Brad'll - thank you!
See you again next Tuesday when we....
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December 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
First outdoor carolling last night www.facebook.com/reel/3221036...
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I probably get a similar satisfaction in readings footnotes like that. One of my first joys in a new book is to explore the index and the end note pages.
December 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I probably get a similar satisfaction in readings footnotes like that. One of my first joys in a new book is to explore the index and the end note pages.
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The latest issue of The Indexer, 43(4), is now available at liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/index. Read about LLM-generated book indexes, indexing E. M. Delafield’s Diary of a Provincial Lady, indexing The Indexer, and more!
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December 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The latest issue of The Indexer, 43(4), is now available at liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/index. Read about LLM-generated book indexes, indexing E. M. Delafield’s Diary of a Provincial Lady, indexing The Indexer, and more!
Yup, non-fiction books need an index.
I don't care how short your NF book is or how well you think you organized it, IT NEEDS AN INDEX. #Academia
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Yup, non-fiction books need an index.
An interesting project which mostly aimed to find nothing! Great insight into the whole process of getting that visitor centre built.
My dear hubby and @leivers.bsky.social have just published this book, which I'm sure is of interest to many of you. Also, free to download! Happy Christmas! ☺️
The Archaeology of the Stonehenge Visitor Centre
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December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
An interesting project which mostly aimed to find nothing! Great insight into the whole process of getting that visitor centre built.
Readers know that an index makes a book. A good index makes a better book.
I know not to judge a book by it's cover, but I have started judging a book by its index comma lack thereof. A good index is real work, and I'm coming around to noticing a pattern that if the publisher didn't think the book was worth the effort, it's not very good.
November 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Readers know that an index makes a book. A good index makes a better book.
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I'd rather eat broken glass than index another book... It's well worth the thousand bucks or so. #academicchatter
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I'd rather eat broken glass than index another book... It's well worth the thousand bucks or so. #academicchatter
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November 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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That's my holiday reading sorted. Just got to get to the end of all the things before Christmas. Possibly 4 books to finish indexing. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Holbein: Renaissance Master by Elizabeth Goldring review – a magnificent portrait of the artist
The first scholarly biography in more than 100 years of the man who immortalised the Tudor court does not disappoint
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November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
That's my holiday reading sorted. Just got to get to the end of all the things before Christmas. Possibly 4 books to finish indexing. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
#Showmeyourknits - Dark Academia by Sharon Hartley using Creative Anarchy Yarn Comfort in two shades. From two years ago. Both indi design and yarn
November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#Showmeyourknits - Dark Academia by Sharon Hartley using Creative Anarchy Yarn Comfort in two shades. From two years ago. Both indi design and yarn
Our US colleagues are keeping an eye on that and would probably agree - indexing asindexing.org/ai-news/stat...
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Our US colleagues are keeping an eye on that and would probably agree - indexing asindexing.org/ai-news/stat...