Seasonal Trends to Indexing Work

It makes sense with large publishers who focus on traditional "Spring" and "Fall" lists that there would be cycles in when indexing work is needed. On the other hand, my experience with small presses is that work could come at any time during the year. Between these two types of clients, I've always been able to get as much work as I wanted, which these days is certainly less than full-time. At my age, there are other things I like to do with my "retirement."

However, after blocking out a full month for a massive indexing project and passing up several opportunities, I am sitting here into the second week when the job was supposed to be in hand with only "we're so sorry that things are delayed."

Any subscribers care to comment on their experience with seasonal surges and lags?