Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Money with Your Hobby [Paperback]

Barbara Arena (Author), National Craft Association (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Complete Idiot's Guide | Publication Date: January 12, 2001

How often do you hear from loved ones that you should sell the great little gift baskets you put together for the holidays? Or maybe you can take a piece of scrap wood and turn it into a beautiful treasure-- something your next door neighbor would love to buy from you. "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Money with Your Hobby" is a great way to get all the information you need to turn your hobby into a money-making venture. This book also includes information on manufacturing, shipping costs, handling taxes and using the Internet as a sales tool.

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From the Back Cover

How often do you hear from loved ones that you should sell the great little gift baskets you put together for the holidays? Or maybe you can take a piece of scrap wood and turn it into a beautiful treasure-- something your next door neighbor would love to buy from you. "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Money with Your Hobby" is a great way to get all the information you need to turn your hobby into a money-making venture. This book also includes information on manufacturing, shipping costs, handling taxes and using the Internet as a sales tool.

About the Author

BARBARA ARENA is a craft designer, author, crafts business educator, and veteran entrepreneur who has sold her products at craft shows and craft malls and wholesaled to retail shops. She joined the National Craft Association (NCA) in 1983 and has been its Managing Director since 1994.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Alpha; 1 edition (January 12, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028638255
• ISBN-13: 978-0028638256
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #179,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #77 in Books > Business & Investing > Small Business & Entrepreneurship > Marketing

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28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great step-by-step guide!, September 2, 2003

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This review is from: Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Money with Your Hobby (Paperback)

This book is an amazing tool in turning your hobby into a profitable business. The author covers everything from 'the idea' to actual business laws, regulations, finances and workings.

As someone who has no business background or experience selling wholesale/retail, I found this book exeptional in its detail and content!

Highly recommended!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book works!, April 13, 2009

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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Money with Your Hobby (Paperback)

I've bought many books on the subject of starting a business from a hobby. This book (from the "idiot" series") is the one I keep going back to peruse.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, January 22, 2011

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Shirley A. Carrick - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Money with Your Hobby (Paperback)

This book is so loaded with good ideas and directions on how to make it operating a business from home. I totally enjoyed reading the book and learned a lot. I now am working at home and have started online businesses this year. I am enjoying it very much and it is making money - not a lot yet but it is working and best of all I have no heavy out of pocket expenses to contend with and the schedule is my own. I recommend this book to anyone thinking of working at home it will help them start even if as a sideline and will give them information on all the areas they should be aware of.