Crafting As A Business (Paperback)

~ Wendy Rosen (Author)

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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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Sterling; 2nd ed edition (December 31, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806985534
• ISBN-13: 978-0806985534
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #371,692 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A comprehensive resource book with hundreds of contacts., May 17, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Crafting As a Business (Paperback)

This book contains hundreds of necessary resources. Nearly 400 galleries are listed with phone and contact name along with a short description of what type of art the gallery carries. If you want to know howtgt into the best shows, learn how to price your work, wholesale to stores and galleries this book tells it all. NOT a genrals business primer--- this book offers specific advice from expert successful artists

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An ABSOLUTE must have for the professional crafter!!, March 13, 2002

By	"kcdesigns3" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

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.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, June 4, 2003

By A Customer

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.