| Crafting As A Business | 
 enlarge | Author: Wendy Rosen
Publisher: Sterling
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 518378
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2 ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10 x 8.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0806985534
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.5068
UPC: 049725085534
EAN: 9780806985534
ASIN: 0806985534
Publication Date: December 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Fine Trade Paperback Book. In Like New Condition with Very Minimal Wear Present 0000021412 _
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Product Description
Turn your hobby into a profitable business. This oversize, all-color reference by the creator of the National Buyers Markets of American Crafts and publisher of American Style is filled with firsthand success stories, and dozens of practical worksheets. See how to develop and design your product, outline business plans, deal with copyright, find your likely customer, price correctly, interpret trends, and create publicity.
Amazon.com Review
Author Wendy Rosen, the publisher of American Style magazine, sees Crafting As a Business as a "network of mentors." Packed with sidebars that feature invaluable tips from a variety of successful crafters, this guide offers dozens of terrific worksheets and checklists and a plethora of sound advice. The 70-plus pages of crafts resources at the end of the book list names and addresses of educational opportunities, suppliers, shows and fairs, and much more. Better designed than many of the text-heavy books on this subject, Crafting As a Business is perhaps the most thorough and easily digested guide on this wide-ranging topic.
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 great marketing info! April 6, 2004
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
A must-have for people thinking of making crafting their business! The marketing and sales info is up-to-date, specific and will help you avoid all sorts of problems. I just missed specific info on licensing, insurance etc. Other than that, a must- have!
Good book June 5, 2003
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Although I've yet to find one book that provides "the" tell-all on the business of crafts, this is a classy book, informative, well done, excellent photos, good feel and thus easy to read -- with business forms examples and real-life crafter commentaries. If I recommended a better book to learn about the business of crafts, this would be one title. I believe the key to preparing for your first experience as a professional crafter is to read as many titles on the subject as you can, hoping each will provide one piece of the puzzle -- never getting the whole story -- until eventually -- collectively -- they all come together and make sense (wow, there's a lot of fluff out there). Supplemental reading of general business, finance and other titles will give you the whole picture on the "business" of crafts that you need. Also, check out the National Crafts Association website, craft marketing trade magazines and other trade organization sites.
 An ABSOLUTE must have for the professional crafter!! March 13, 2002
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I was browsing through books on jewelry making, seeing the same things over and over, but I needed something to help me with the business end of my jewelry. Lo and behold, I found Ms. Rosen's book. When I saw who it was written by, I was overjoyed - she is extremely well-respected in the craft "industry". Help on marketing, how to get started, pricing, galleries, wholesale information, plus mentors throughout the book... It's my craft Bible!! I cannot praise this book enough.
great marketing info! June 7, 2001
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
A must-have for people thinking of making crafting their business! The marketing and sales info is up-to-date, specific and will help you avoid all sorts of problems. I just missed specific info on licensing, insurance etc. Other than that, a must- have!
Great Addition to Any Craft Industry Resource Library December 19, 2000
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
If you are thinking or have started a business in the craft industry, this is a must have resource! Accented with advice from successful craft professionals, it features very comprehensive information on networking, your business image, working with galleries (just to name a few).Ms. Rosen does cover one topic in depth that most barely hit on: Family Business. This chapter goes into great detail on your family and how your business impacts that area of your life (and vice versa). However, this book doesn't stand alone as THE resource to get started (and one book should never be, in my opinion) but is is a great addition and must have as you build your knowledge on the craft industry.
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