Customer Reviews

The Complete Bead Resource Book

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I am a designer who was looking for specific beads and findings and found this book very useful in locating good wholesalers. I use it all the time to locate items I am looking for. Very helpful!

Okay, so call me picky. When someone calls a book "complete" I expect them to at least put a disclaimer somewhere visible that says "NEARLY complete". Maybe this book should have been titled "The Nearly Complete Work-In-Progress Bead Resource Book".

While I realize that stores do come and go in this industry, I have found quite a few stores (six to be exact, and counting) in the San Diego area that are not in this book... wonderful stores with TONS of beads that have been in business many years in the same location... yet... they are not included in the "The Complete Bead Resource Book".

If you're looking for an all-around general listing of bead resources, it would be way cheaper to search the internet, or your local yellow pages.

This book did not meet my needs at all. They claim to have all these listings and many of them are duplicates. You'd be better off buying the magazines and getting your sources from them. I do not recommend this book and would not buy future editions.

Our bead society uses this book all the time to locate great bead stores when traveling and also wholesalers who sell at great prices. We only have 2 copies and they are always checked out!

I wasted my money on this book. It claims to have hundreds of sources but many are duplicates and many are out of date. If you want current sources search the web or check the yellow pages. This information is out of date as soon as its printed.

This book has become my phone and address book for the bead business. If you are looking for anything this book tells you where to find it. I found alot of new sources for things I need for my jewelry designing business.

I have looked for years for some components that are hard to find and thanks to this book I finally found them! Not only that--I also found items I regularily buy at much cheaper prices. I will save so much by using this book!

I bought this book out of curiosity (I own a beading business), but I really don't know what to do with it. I get the same (and more up to date) info from catalogs, etc.

I can't imagine a more useful book for any one who buys beads. The information is complete and extensive. Definitely an asset!

The information is good, however, the book is more like a catalog of advertising than a real resource book. I felt cheated having to pay $20 for that.