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	<description>Instructor Manuals &#124; Test Questions &#124; Student Study Guides &#124; Student Companion Sites &#124; Lecture Outlines &#124; PowerPoint Presentations &#124; Internet Exercises &#124; Article Exercises &#124; Lab Manuals &#124; Copyediting &#124; Winning High-Paying Assignments</description>
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		<title>&#8220;The The Impotence of Proofreading&#8221; Your Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thorough proofreading is critical for all writers, including college textbook supplement and ancillary authors. Here&#8217;s a funny video that illustrates what can happen if you don&#8217;t proofread. Note: it&#8217;s R rated. And a shout out to the Copywriting Maven for bringing the clip to my attention. Related Posts:Top 100 Books for Freelance Writers &#8212; Including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Posting Schedule and Content of the Writing College Textbook Supplements Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been writing this blog for about four months, since shortly after I published Writing College Textbook Supplements: The Definitive Guide to Winning High-Paying Assignments in the College Textbook Publishing Market. I&#8217;ve been experimenting with the right mix of content for the blog, and I&#8217;ve also been cogitating on a the proper schedule. So here&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, You Can Still Write Some College Textbook Supplements Even if You Haven&#8217;t Taught College</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Your Freelance Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[College textbook publishers do hire writers who have never taught college courses, but rarely for the supplements and ancillaries that require teaching experience; these include instructor&#8217;s manuals, test banks, study guides, and companion websites, among others. However, the non-academic writer can be hired to: 1. Write handbooks for students 2. Write part of a textbook [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Becoming a Better Textbook Supplements Writer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyblogger just had an excellent post called 73 Ways to Become a Better Writer. Not all of them are relevant for textbook supplement and ancillary writers, but many of them are. Here&#8217;s a few that I find especially pertinent: 6. Outline. And then write to that outline. 10. Take a break between writing and editing. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ergonomics for Writers: How to Write A Lot and Keep Your Body Healthy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writers, and everybody who sits on their tail end for long periods of time using a computer, run the risk of damaging their eyes, joints, muscles, and general skeletal alignment. Lucky us &#8212; the good folks at the Freelance Switch blog have an annotated list of ergonomic tips for writers: As a freelancer, you also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 100 Books for Freelance Writers &#8212; Including College Textbook Ancillary Writers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you write supplements/ancillaries for college textbooks, you are a freelance writer and you need to pay attention to your craft. The InkThinker Blog created a list of the top 100 books for freelance writers.  Here are the main categories: Your Freelance Writing Business Marketing Your Business Writing Online Magazines Books Query Letters Copywriting Fiction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 20 Crucial Tips for Writing Great Multiple-Choice Test Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 00:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/?p=131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Multiple-choice test questions are perhaps the most widely used method of testing students’ knowledge. If you are a textbook supplements writer, you could be writing questions for a test bank, for an instructor’s manual, for a student study guide, or for a student companion website. (Of course, you may also be a teacher creating your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 11 Crucial Factors That Determine Your College Textbook Supplements Writing Income</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can make good money writing instructor&#8217;s manuals, student study guides, test questions, Internet exercises, and many other types of supplements for college textbooks; I average $50 per hour or more. However, you have to know the right formula for getting those high-paying assignments from editors, and getting those same editors coming back to you [...]]]></description>
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