Dorothy Hoffman indexing, writing, & editorial services

Indexing Services

Quick turnarounds and reasonable rates for professional indexing services including back of the book, web site, book and journal indexing . I have more than 20 years of publishing experience, both in-house and freelance, and am proficient in several indexing programs for both Mac and IBM-compatible systems.

• Free-Lance Indexing 1984-present
  Index books and journals in a wide variety of subjects - medical and health sciences, social & behavioral sciences, business & management, law, history, religious/philosophy, technical, computer science, general trade.
  

Clients (partial list)

 

Blackwell Science

Cahners Pub.

Current Medicine

Little, Brown & Co.

Oxford University Press

American Management Association

Pergamon/Macmillan

Rutgers University Press

Princeton University Press

Chicago University Press

S. Karger Publishers

Mosby-Yearbook

CRC Press, Inc.

John Wiley & Sons

Lippincott-Williams & Wilkins

MIT Press

Raven Press

International Universities Press

American College

Scholastic Press

 

 

Skills

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Editing Services

• Freelance editorial services        1979-1995
  Copy editing, proofreading, editing in various subject areas including nursing and medicine, psychology, social sciences, science and technology, business/management, and general trade.
  
• J.B. Lippincott Co.
  Copy Editor      July 1976-Dec. 1979
  Edited nursing, medical and allied health textbooks, working with authors, artists, production department, and printers. Duties included both editing for grammar, spelling, consistency and punctuation and substantive editing; proofreading; indexing; coordinating production from mss. to bluelines; working with free-lancers and keeping books on schedule.

• American Academy of Political & Social Science
  Copy Editor     Nov. 1974-July 1976
  Edited and produced a bimonthly scholarly journal, including correspondence with special editors, maintaining production schedule, editing and proofreading, indexing each issue, and overseeing typesetting and printing. Attended and handled transcripts of the annual meetings, published in the July issue, and occasionally wrote abstracts for articles. Also coordinated production of a five-year index.
  
• American Baptist Churches
  Copy Editor     May 1972-Nov. 1974
  Edited and proofread religious curriculum material and devotional and scholarly books, from mss. through blue lines. Worked with art department and printers.

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Writing/Design/Publication Services

Publications Services      1986-present
Write, edit, design, typeset newsletters, flyers, brochures, annual reports, employee directories and benefits handbooks, resumes, and other small publications and documents, primarily for small businesses and non-profits.

Writing      1981-present

• Technical product reports for PD&D magazine, Cahners (formerly Chilton Book Co.) since Sept. 1994.
• Write/edit/publish animal-related bi-monthly newsletter, both print versions (since 1992) and website (since April 1996) [Paw Prints Post at http://members.bellatlantic.net/~lilbun and Esther Bunny's Creature Cottage]
• Wrote monthly column on Rabbits & Rodents at suite101.com
• Contributed to an international Internet forum on human-pet relationships for the Golden Lotus magazine, a Buddhist publication; The Rabbit, published by the Rabbit Charity in Great Britain; and an e-zine published by the Phenomenal Women of the Web site
• Miscellaneous writing:

    wrote and edited several professional organization newsletters

    the American Symphony Orchestra Guild's annual Gold Book, for 5 years, compiling information on fund-raising, service projects, educational and community programs organized by orchestra volunteer groups from across the country

    technical product reports for Engineer's Digest for over 3 years

grant proposal and direct mail fund-raising materials for non-profit groups

numerous press releases, flyers, promotional materials, and brochures for non-profits

    profiles for Barron's graduate business school guide, a guide for law students; abstracts for a political science journal.

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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES     1979-present

• Coordinated pet photo contest and produced a calendar using winning photos for Montgomery County SPCA.
• Write for and edit newsletters for professional, community, and cultural organizations
• Active Board member of several professional organizations, serving as newsletter editor and secretary on Board of Cosmopolitan Club (1992-1996), president of the Philadelphia chapter of Women In Communications, Inc. (1990-91), Special Events Chair for International Association of Business Communicators/Philadelphia, coordinating the annual awards competition and banquet and planning and organizing an annual all-day professional development workshop (1988-90).
• Established and coordinated events and projects for a special Literacy Project for Women In Communications, in conjunction with the Philadelphia Mayor's Commission on Literacy.
• Treasurer and founding member of CosmoVestors investment club.
• Conduct annual online photo competition and produce and sell calendar as a fundraising project for The Rabbit Habit rabbit rescue group.

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Education

• BA (graduated magna cum lauda): Eastern College    1966-70
• Graduate studies (English/Communications): Temple University    1970-74
• Professional development: desktop publishing, newsletters, technical
  and grant proposal writing, graphic arts and typography courses at Temple University and University of Pennsylvania    1974-89
  
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Professional Organizations

References provided on request.

109 Bryn Mawr Avenue
Lansdowne, PA 19050
Phone: (610) 623-8248
lilbun@verizon.net