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	<title>Writing College Textbook Supplements &#187; Major College Textbook Publishers-Publishing Companies</title>
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	<description>Freelance Writing for College Textbook Publishers: Instructor Manuals &#124; Test Questions &#124; Student Study Guides &#124; Companion Sites &#124; Lecture Outlines &#124; PowerPoint Presentations &#124; Internet Exercises &#124; Lab Manuals &#124; Copyediting &#124; Find Editors &#124; Win Assignments &#124;</description>
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		<title>College Textbook Sales Grew in 2010</title>
		<link>http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/02/17/college-textbook-sales-grew-in-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Association of American Publishers issues stats on book sales in the United States on a monthly basis. They just issued the latest data, and it includes information for all of 2010. Here’s the entire AAP press release; I bolded the most important info for freelancers who work for college textbook publishers. AAP Publishers Report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Royalty Rates for E-Books: My Take</title>
		<link>http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/02/08/royalty-rates-for-e-books-my-take/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just wrote an extensive post on my ProductiveWriters.com site about why writers should get a 50% percent royalty (net) on trade paperback and hardcover e-books: 1. Most importantly, publishing is shifting to electronic formats. We all know about Amazon’s Kindle and other e-book readers, and it’s obvious that the future of publishing is digital. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McGraw-Hill Higher Education Financial Results</title>
		<link>http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/02/01/mcgraw-hill-higher-education-financial-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freelance Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McGraw-Hill College Textbook Publishing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[McGraw-Hill (MHP) just reported its quarterly and annual results (for 2010) this morning. The numbers are a bit mixed, and the stock is down 5% as I write this. McGraw-Hill is heavily involved in education publishing, including higher education/college textbook publishing. Here are the pertinent results for the higher ed division pulled from the company&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-Textbooks Easy to Use and Save College Students Money</title>
		<link>http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/01/25/e-textbooks-save-college-students-money/</link>
		<comments>http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/01/25/e-textbooks-save-college-students-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College Students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Major College Textbook Publishers-Publishing Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CourseSmart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-textbooks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[But are they really learning? When I was in college, I kept nearly all of my texts so I could review them in the future as needed. It seems very few college students do that now. They just want to rent a physical textbook, or get a one-semester pass to use an e-book. Either way, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listen to my Text and Academic Authors Podcast Interview</title>
		<link>http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2010/12/02/text-and-academic-authors-podcast-interview-textbook-publishers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Kim Pawlak of the Text and Academic Authors Association interviewed me about how I&#8217;ve succeeded at being a full-time freelance writer for higher education publishers since 1994. Click here to listen to the Freelance Writing for College Textbook Publishers podcast. You can also right-click to save the podcast to your mp3 player or computer. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Upcoming Podcast for the Text and Academic Authors Association</title>
		<link>http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2010/11/29/podcast-text-academic-authors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/?p=1334</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Update The interview went great! Click here to listen to the Freelance Writing for College Textbook Publishers podcast. You can also right-click to save the podcast to your mp3 player or computer. Read about what techniques I used for the podcast here: &#8220;Top 10 Tips For a Successful Teleseminar-Podcast Interview.&#8221; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; I&#8217;m excited to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act Will Fight Online Piracy of Textbooks</title>
		<link>http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2010/11/16/combating-online-infringement-and-counterfeits-act-online-piracy-textbooks/</link>
		<comments>http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2010/11/16/combating-online-infringement-and-counterfeits-act-online-piracy-textbooks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College Textbook Prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Major College Textbook Publishers-Publishing Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college textbooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Hull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate bill S. 3804]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/?p=1321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Online piracy of college textbooks is major problem for higher education publishers and textbook authors. The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, a bill before Congress, would help the federal government fight this theft of intellectual property. The Text and Academic Authors Association (I&#8217;m a member) released this press release discussing the legislation: The Text [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Costs of College Textbook Supplements to Students, Textbook Authors, and Publishers</title>
		<link>http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2010/09/02/costs-college-textbooks-supplements-students-authors-publishers/</link>
		<comments>http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2010/09/02/costs-college-textbooks-supplements-students-authors-publishers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College Textbook Prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Major College Textbook Publishers-Publishing Companies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found an interesting article on the Inside Higher Ed website by Kenneth Green. Green examines the difficulties facing the current model of publishing textbooks and what factors drive up costs. He also addresses how the necessity of supplying essentially free supplements/ancillaries affects the author, the publisher, and the students: The ancillaries would be essential, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>College Textbooks Sales Continue to Grow</title>
		<link>http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2010/08/25/college-textbooks-higher-education-sales-grow/</link>
		<comments>http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2010/08/25/college-textbooks-higher-education-sales-grow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Major College Textbook Publishers-Publishing Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing College Textbook Supplements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a freelance writer for college textbook publishers, I definitely care about the financial health of higher education publication industry. If the textbook publishers are doing well, they&#8217;ll keep publishing current and new editions and keep hiring me to create supplements and ancillaries. Here&#8217;s the latest data from the Association of American Publishers for June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>College Textbook Indexes Are Important but Problematic &#8212; Podcast</title>
		<link>http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2010/08/18/college-textbook-indexes-e-books-ebooks/</link>
		<comments>http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2010/08/18/college-textbook-indexes-e-books-ebooks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Major College Textbook Publishers-Publishing Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college textbooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indexes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indexing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Potomac Indexing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seth Maislin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Text and Academic Authors Association (I&#8217;m a proud member) is hosting a call-in podcast about textbook indexing on Wednesday, August 25th, at 11 a.m. EDT, 8 a.m. PDT. Here are the details: You might take that alphabetized list of words and page numbers for granted, but there&#8217;s turmoil inside the textbook indexing world. First [...]]]></description>
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