Stephen Ullstrom
stephenullstrom.bsky.social
Stephen Ullstrom
@stephenullstrom.bsky.social
Indexer. Author of Book Indexing: A Step-by-Step Guide, and amateur SFF and mystery writer. 🇨🇦🇹🇼
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You can contact me through my website or sign up for my newsletter, Indexing Matters.

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October 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Reposted by Stephen Ullstrom
Learn what a non-indexer should know about indexing with #EFA instructor Jolanta Komornicka on August 14 at 5 p.m. ET in her live webinar "Indexes Explained for Non-Indexers." Will you be there?
July 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Noticed today a reference, in a book I'm reading, to "Pope Francis II," referring to the recently deceased pontiff.

Except that is incorrect. Pope Francis was the first pope to use that name, and he did not use a regnal number.

I checked the index and there it is, again: "Francis II, Pope."
June 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
So I was just invited to a conference that will revolve around the book I will begin indexing next week. I've been invited to book launches before, but this is the first I've seen where the launch is an entire two-day conference. What fun! #IndexSky
April 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
So I looked up my name and it looks like Meta has pirated my article on the Mary Newberry Mentorship Program to train their AI. Why that article and not others I have published in The Indexer? Maybe Meta will get to my other articles later. 1/ #IndexSky

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Reposted by Stephen Ullstrom
Curious about indexing?

I’m teaching Introduction to Book Indexing thru Library Juice Academy. Starts April 7.

It may only be 6 weeks, but it’s an intensive course designed to teach you what you need to get started as an indexer.

#IndexSky #edibuddies

libraryjuiceacademy.com/shop/course/...
Introduction to Book Indexing - Library Juice Academy
The purpose of the course is to prepare you for a career as an indexer—whether you wish to be one full-time or as a supplement to your library career. This six-week course will introduce you to the f...
libraryjuiceacademy.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It's out! Enid Zafran and I take a look at what indexers currently think about embedded indexing. I'm already curious to see how the situation will change in ten years.
The latest issue of The Indexer is available now, with articles by @ivacheung.com, @stephenullstrom.bsky.social, conference reports from @exterindexing.bsky.social and @tanyaizzard.bsky.social, book reviews and the usual round-up of good and bad indexes #IndexSky
Volume 43.1 features work on book indexing in Japan, an exploration of qualitative research and book indexing, and a survey on embedded indexing: bit.ly/Index43-1 @djbduncan.bsky.social @indexers.bsky.social ‪@baindex.org @exterindexing.bsky.social @closereadingie.bsky.social @nicolaking.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Sale time!

The ebook version of my introduction, Book Indexing: A Step-by-Step Guide, is 50% off at Smashwords.

I wrote this book for all those curious about indexing, or just starting their indexing careers. I think you'd be hard pressed to learn at a cheaper price.

#IndexSky

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Book Indexing: A Step-by-Step Guide
This book teaches you how to confidently write an excellent index. Written for authors, editors, and the index-curious, and with dozens of examples from the author's own work as a professional…
www.smashwords.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
That's odd. Bought a book today and discovered it lacks a table of contents. Granted, the book is a diary that hasn't been divided into chapters, but there is a foreword and acknowledgements. I also don't see any spare pages that could have been turned into a TOC.
February 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Dear Business,

If you ask me to call to make an appointment, please either answer the phone or have a voicemail inbox that isn't perpetually full. Or answer your emails. I shouldn't need to come in person.

Sincerely,
A customer now wondering if this is the best option after all
February 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
While indexing today, was surprised to come across someone I knew (now deceased). Didn't like his politics nor his sense of righteous entitlement, but damn, he made an impact. My grandparents worked with him fifty-odd years ago and I unexpectedly shared a church with him in his old age. #IndexSky
January 31, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Should be good!
What if your job is not to index a book, but to review an index someone else has created? For our February meeting, experienced indexer Jolanta Komornicka will discuss what editors and proofreaders should know about this part of the publishing process.
What to Know About Proofreading Indexes
February 11, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. CT
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January 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Windy day today, and for some reason my driveway seems to be a magnet for empty cardboard boxes that have blown in.
January 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Is someone at Oxford UP recommending me? Though I've heard that OUP doesn't recommend indexers to its authors.

Up to now, I can probably count on one hand the number of queries I've received to index OUP books. Now, in the last month or so, almost every query is for an OUP title.

#IndexSky
January 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
First index of the year done and I'm off for the weekend.
January 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Climate activism index drafted. I'll begin editing tomorrow. For now, am starting the index for a scholarly book on Moses and political philosophy. Book begins with an overview of the biblical account, which...covers a lot. Which details are indexable? Time to skip ahead to figure out. #IndexSky
January 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Am kicking off the new indexing year with a collection of essays by a queer, non-binary, working-class journalist on radical strategies against the climate crisis. A real kick in the ass for change. #IndexSky
January 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Hello Bluesky! Looking forward to getting to know the scene here, especially #IndexSky.
January 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM