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jhumphreys
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Im not sure if this counts, but it is a published book so maybe.

Last year I wrote "Adobe InDesign CS2 Basics" which is a high school and college level text book Published by Thomson Course Technology. It teaches kids how to use Adobe InDesign.

I did have to write a bunch of articles and short stories for the kids to use as sample material which was extremely fun. And I also did all of the illustrations.

E. Shane Turner (who is an accomplished instructional author) made up the end-of-lesson tests for me so he got a by line.

Almost forgot, you can get it at any bookstore chain like Barnes and Noble, or from amazon.

This is the website www.adobeindesigncs2basics.com Sorry the server is really slow. Im working on fixing that.

[This message has been edited by jhumphreys (edited September 28, 2006).]


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Chris V
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Interesting, always wondered how people went about getting into writing textbooks like this one.

BTW that site isn't very useable with Firefox, most of the menu gets hidden by a table/frames error.


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jhumphreys
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I know, its geared for IE. The next version won’t be in frames so that should fix it.

It pretty much works the same way as any other kind of book. You put together an outline, a writing sample and your credentials and then you send that out along with a cover letter that states why your idea is a good and sound investment.

If they like your work and your idea, they give you a contract, an editor and a timeline.

Text books are actually a huge pain to write and unless your extremely prolific, not very profitable. Still I’m glad I got the chance to do it. I can check it off my list.


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Congrats! Sounds like a neat exercise. Are you trying your hand at fiction now?
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Kolona
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A textbook is a book! Congrats!
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