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How to Be a Successful Freelance Writer for College Textbook Publishers
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Presented by John Soares, a freelance writer of college textbook supplements, and the author of Writing College Textbook Supplements
Ever wondered who writes all those college textbook test questions, lecture outlines, instructor’s manuals, study guides, and other materials that help students learn better and instructors teach better? Freelance writers like John Soares, that’s who. John, the author of Writing College Textbook Supplements: The Definitive Guide to Winning High-Paying Assignments in the College Textbook Publishing Market, will tell you what you need to succeed in this field, including:
- How to get the attention of higher-education textbook editors and convince them to hire you
- How to get your projects done well and quickly
- How to get paid well
John Soares has been a freelance writer for college textbook publishers since 1994. He has created over 200 supplements and ancillaries for major higher education publishers -- including Cengage, Pearson Education, and McGraw-Hill -- in fields ranging from political science and history to geography, earth science, and biology. He holds a B.S. in biochemistry and a M.A. in political science from the University of California, Davis. He is the author of Writing College Textbook Supplements: The Definitive Guide to Winning High-Paying Assignments in the College Textbook Publishing Market, and he writes the Writing College Textbook Supplements blog and the Productive Freelance Writers blog. John is an avid hiker in northern California, and especially loves the mountains around the Mount Shasta area where he makes his home with his partner Stephanie.
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