This is the eighth anniversary of Capital A Publications! I remember my very first day very clearly–spent in my temporary office, working on the index for The Land Beyond: Italian Migrants in the Westward Movement, by Dr. Gloria Lothrop, and later going to the office-supply store to buy a big bag of rubber bands. Since then, I’ve moved into a real office, but I’m still going through that stash of rubber bands.
My workflow has improved over the course of producing nearly ninety (!) books and over sixty journal issues since that day in 2006, but I continue to do indexes and remain fascinated by the materials and humbled by the amazing authors and brilliant collaborators I have had the pleasure of working with.