I am a back-of-book and embedded indexer. My rates are competitive with industry standards, falling between $3–7 per page for a traditional back-of-book index. As a former bookseller, I have practical knowledge of the different ways that readers engage with texts, both when they are returning to a favourite topic and when they’re engaging with a new fascination. In addition to bookselling, I’ve studied world literature and publishing, and have...