The Crafts Business Answer Book & Resource Guide: Answers to Hundreds of Troublesome Questions About Starting, Marketing, and Managing a Homebased Business Efficiently, Legally, and Profitably [Paperback]

Barbara Brabec (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 22, 1997

Topics include startup, managing, and marketing of a homebased crafts business.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Now qualifying as a bona fide crafts business guru, Brabec begins her fifth opus by recollecting questions she herself posed as a novice homeworker. That type of reminiscence means that Brabec does indeed understand the just plain puzzlements of everyday self-employed business life--whether related to crafts or not. In alphabetical order, starting with the subject of accountants, topics are handled either straightforwardly or with a question or two. The information is truly a boon to even the experienced; the author, for instance, explains the occupation of enrolled agent, a tax professional licensed by the U.S. Treasury Department, who usually charges less than a CPA or accountant. One hundred percent serious? Not quite. Brabec gleefully reports useful "from the front" stories, and she doesn't hesitate to express some rather strong opinions. Barbara Jacobs --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 274 pages
• Publisher: M.Evans & Company (December 22, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0871318334
• ISBN-13: 978-0871318336
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,151,018 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Through her writing and teaching, Barbara Brabec has been helping individuals launch and grow successful businesses at home since 1971. Now retired from this field, she is moving in new directions as an author and self-publisher of non-business books while also helping other authors as a book editor and self-publishing consultant. She published her first memoir, THE DRUMMER DRIVES!, in March 2010 with a companion blog. Visit BarbaraBrabec.com for details and a wealth of articles about business, writing, publishing, life, and more.

Customer Reviews

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81 of 97 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great for the truly green, February 27, 2000

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This review is from: The Crafts Business Answer Book & Resource Guide: Answers to Hundreds of Troublesome Questions About Starting, Marketing, and Managing a Homebased Business Efficiently, Legally, and Profitably (Paperback)

I have not been in the crafts business long, and I must say I found this book far more informative than others offered online. Highly recommended for newcomers like myself.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Duplicate information, August 27, 2007

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This review is from: The Crafts Business Answer Book & Resource Guide: Answers to Hundreds of Troublesome Questions About Starting, Marketing, and Managing a Homebased Business Efficiently, Legally, and Profitably (Paperback)

This is a very good resource. It is easy to understand and use. However, don't make the mistake of also purchasing "The Craft Business Answer Book", by the same author. The description makes it sound like the book contains different information, but it doesn't. The covers are different, but the books are basically the same.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars outdated and not so helpful, July 9, 2007

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C. Reedy "zafiro80" (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Crafts Business Answer Book & Resource Guide: Answers to Hundreds of Troublesome Questions About Starting, Marketing, and Managing a Homebased Business Efficiently, Legally, and Profitably (Hardcover)

i found this book to be dry and not helpful for my home craft business purposes. It is now very much out of date also.