Listen to my Text and Academic Authors Podcast Interview

by John Soares December 2, 2010

Yesterday Kim Pawlak of the Text and Academic Authors Association interviewed me about how I’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. [...]

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My Upcoming Podcast for the Text and Academic Authors Association

by John Soares November 29, 2010

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: “Top 10 Tips For a Successful Teleseminar-Podcast Interview.” ———————— I’m excited to be [...]

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The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act Will Fight Online Piracy of Textbooks

by John Soares November 16, 2010

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’m a member) released this press release discussing the legislation: The Text [...]

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Good Reasons to Co-Author

by John Soares November 15, 2010

I just wrote a post over on my ProductiveWriters.com site about the three situations in which writers should consider co-authoring: Writing an article or book with one or more co-authors often makes perfect sense. There are 3 main reasons why you should consider working with someone else on a writing project. The post focuses primarily [...]

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The 2010 Global Education Conference Starts Next Week…

by John Soares November 9, 2010

What: The 2010 Global Education Conference, a five-day worldwide collaborative education conference conducted over the Internet in multiple time zones and multiple languages. When: November 15 – 19, 2010. Where: On the web during the actual sessions, with recorded links for you to watch later at your leisure. Who: Anyone interested in improving education. Why: [...]

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New Design for the Writing College Textbook Supplements Blog

by John Soares November 4, 2010

Finally got the new design in place here at the Writing College Textbook Supplements blog. I’ve found an excellent local WordPress guy, and he’s already taken my ProductiveWriters.com and Northern California Hiking Trails blogs to the professional level, so I’m happy he’s done the same here. Any suggestions for improving the look and functionality of [...]

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Why I Recently Renegotiated a Writing Deadline

by John Soares November 1, 2010

I have a new post over at ProductiveWriters.com about why and how I recently renegotiated deadlines for ancillaries I’m writing for a nonprofit organization: Whether you are a freelancer or you work for someone else, missing a work deadline is bad. I pride myself on meeting or beating deadlines, and I use that as a [...]

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Getting Multiple Assignments from College Textbook Supplement Editors

by John Soares October 27, 2010

I just published an important post for textbook supplement/ancillary writers over at ProductiveWriters.com, my main freelance writing blog: As freelance writers, we want to get many high paying jobs and get them done as efficiently as possible. Winning multiple writing assignments is a great way to do this. There are 2 main ways to get [...]

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Should You Revise The Existing Textbook Supplement or Just Start Over?

by John Soares October 20, 2010

Many of the textbook supplement projects you’ll do involve updating a supplement to reflect changes between an old edition and a new edition. I have several such projects right now. The big question: when should you just revise the existing material and when should you just start over and treat the project as a brand [...]

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Freelancers Needed to Write Introduction to Business Assessment Questions

by John Soares October 14, 2010

Hey folks, there’s an opportunity here to write multiple-choice test questions. Here’s what the company sent me: Writers for Introduction to Business assessment questions needed. We’re looking for freelance assessment writers to help write challenging questions for a college intro-level business testbank. This project is unusual in that the questions are going to be used [...]

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