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Originally Posted by Solitaire1
Wouldn't an index be useful since it would put information on all terms in one place? I've got a number of pbooks where an index would be helpful so you can locate specific information within the book. Although a search function with an ebook reader is useful, an index would also be helpful.
An example of this is a book listing listing the 52 most depressing songs. A weakness in the book is that it has a table of contents, but that is all. If you want to find a specific song you have to go through the table of contents until you find the song you are looking for. An index of the song titles and groups would be a help you locate a specific song. I've got a VH1 book of the Top 100 albums has the same issue.
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For the average fiction book, an index would be about as useful as your vermiform appendix.
The ToC in the book of depressing songs you mentions does not list the songs as part of the chapter title which would reduce the need for an index?