Earlier today, I solicited comments about the value of book indexes. The responses were overwhelming: readers like them! Here are a smattering of the emails: Regarding book indexes, I still use them, ...

Almost all books come with indexes in the back. These sections identify the most frequently-used words in the book, and list the pages those words appear on. Authors (generally) do not create these ...

Lisa Fedorak was looking through a book about the novelist Carol Shields when she came across a phrase that made her pause. The author of the book was explaining how novelists often use an “orgasmic ...

I always find myself in the index. Not in the traditional sense, of course; not under D. But just in the index, rooting around, reading across the text, hunting, tracking, losing threads and making ...

Q: I am interested in creating an index for a book proposal as well as a book. Is there a program designed specifically for writers and researchers doing this sort of work? A: There are several ways ...

Book indexes might seem the perfect candidate for AI automation. They’re not. Last autumn, I received an entirely unexpected invitation to become the Honorary President of the Society of Indexers. The ...