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Conference programme The Society of Indexers' 2026 online conference will take place via Zoom on 11–12 November 2026. We will have a full programme over two day

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Scott Pack @meandmybigmouth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I received an email from IndexerLabs, addressed to myself and my co-author, mentioning our forthcoming book and offering their services to help us make an index. No idea how they got our details or knew about the book, but if this review is to be believed (and I do), they're a shower of AI shite.

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Society of Indexers @indexers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Bookings are now open for #SIConf26, online from 11-12 November. Join us to discuss how as indexers we can connect and collaborate. Explore the programme and book your place via buff.ly/aoZu0RT

Conference programme The Society of Indexers' 2026 online conference will take place via Zoom on 11–12 November 2026. We will have a full programme over two day

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Just popping away for a minute to take a look at Stage 18 of La Vuelta which finishes in Jerez today. Just under 25 years ago we were there, just after the September 11 attacks. Feeling a bit old.

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Henry Scampi has some good companions in this index. What did he do I wonder?

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@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social a bit more on admin problems that used to be easy to do and now aren't.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Taking a minute to listen in as our band is trying to play this for our autumn concert.

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Everything that's supposed to make everything simpler ultimately makes everything more complex, and in a way that makes everyone more unhappy, because it cuts human beings off from other human beings & is not actually there to make things simpler at all; it's there solely to make rich twats richer.

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Nice work by @adrianashton2.bsky.social on the loo talking about his book and the index.

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Book index word sorting orders. There are two kinds, word-by-word and letter-by-letter. My brain prefers word-by-word, but some publishers require letter-by-letter so my brain gets a bit upset when it produces peanut, peanut butter, pea pods, peas, pea sellers, pease porridge.

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#TinyJoys - when work shows me things I don't know about - today indexing about peas and beans and it includes this vessel www.artic.edu/artworks/915... depicting the Assault of the Bean Warriors. Cute!

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Bean Warrior Vessel | The Art Institute of Chicago

Moche, 600–800

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Society of Indexers @indexers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Today's the deadline to submit your proposal for our 2026 conference. #SIConf26 will be held online on 11 and 12 November, and our theme this year is collaboration in indexing. Find out more and submit your proposal via www.indexers.org.uk/training-dev...

Call for contributions The Society of Indexers invites contributions for our 2026 online conference, taking place via Zoom on 11–12 November 2026. We will have

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A quick skim of the index is sometimes all you need.

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Shakes head at latest efforts at getting AI to write 'history'. Yes, it is regurgitating material it has been fed in a way that looks academic and relevant to topic. No, it is not doing research and it is not bringing new material or new ways of looking at said old books to the table. No-I, not AI.

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

@chriscurtis94.bsky.social The last bus to where I live from the nearest cinema goes at 9:29pm, it is also the last bus from the railway station, so should I want to be home by public transport I have to get to the railway station before 9:21pm.

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Joining the where were you for the last good eclipse posts - at work at the Which? test lab in Milton Keynes. With scientists who spent their days working on AV equipment or dishwashers and fridges, who got a bit excited and used lots of different ways to view it out in the courtyard.

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Super article about the very important indexer Nancy Bailey @indexers.bsky.social

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Science people. Why is there a rainbow up high in the sky when there's only wispy clouds and no rain. Something to do with water particles and light I know but I don't recall ever having seen this before.

Rainbow in a blue sky with wispy clouds.

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Society of Indexers @indexers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Do you have something to say about collaboration in book indexing? Propose a plenary talk, a breakout session or a lightning talk for #SIConf26! This takes place online on 11 & 12 November, and our theme is collaboration. Find out more and submit your proposal via buff.ly/rE0nbGI

Call for contributions The Society of Indexers invites contributions for our 2026 online conference, taking place via Zoom on 11–12 November 2026. We will have

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Dennis Duncan @djbduncan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I wrote a thing about Virginia Woolf, and being a shonky printer, and making imperfect books that are really about playing with the people you love. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Dennis Duncan · At Charleston: Hogarth Press

There is something magnetic about the large case containing all 34 titles that Virginia Woolf made. With their marbled,...

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It's still that job and I'm wrestling with text by an author whose first language is not English. While it is a creditable and interesting book, it just hasn't had enough done to make all the phrasing sit nicely. 😱

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

One of 'those' jobs this week that demand a lot of time outside the text because the author can't spell place names the same twice, can't always get the English version of European personal names right, and just leaves words out of sentences. Indexers are the last pair of fresh eyes.👀

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Sometimes reviewers do notice the index and make comments.

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This is what professional indexers are here to prevent. Don't bang your head on the keyboard or start on some demon drink, get an indexer! Sorry for you, James, if you need any help or tips, just ask.

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Yes, book indexers do have to read the book and sometimes it can be challenging and/or upsetting. @tanyaizzard.bsky.social has some advice on how to work on such material.

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Ordered yesterday at 2pm, at my door this morning 10:10am. Wow!

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Spotted a woman wearing a book-print dress the same as worn by an esteemed indexing colleague. Resisted the urge to leap on her an ask if she was an indexer.

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Feel sorry for @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social but what a hot mess this is. AI has no role in working on manuscripts for publishing if this is the best it can do. If this has been done by a human, it was someone who is not qualified/trained to do it and had no understanding of the text, and ditto.

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Index doing its job showing readers what is and what is not in a book.

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Society of Indexers @indexers.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

In today's Ask the Indexers blog post, our panel tell us what they wish people understood about our niche job - mainly, that it really is a job, and that no, a computer/AI can't do it. Read more here: buff.ly/VREMHpE #IndexSky