The Crafts Business Answer Book & Resource Guide - Softcover

Brabec, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871318334 ISBN 13: 9780871318336

Publisher: M. Evans & Company, 1997

Synopsis

Have people told you that you should sell your craft items? Are you ready to take the next step in your craft making hobby and sell your items, and actually make money? Then this book is for you. It is written by the well known home-based business writer Barbara Brabec. Here is what the book addresses: **Do I really need a separate checking account for a small home-based business? **What local, state, and federal laws and regulations apply to craft sellers? **What kind of books do I have to keep to meet IRS requirements? **What home-business expenses can I deduct on my Schedule C form? **What are my chances of getting a loan for my home-based business? **How can I collect on bad checks and unpaid invoices? **How much will my sales increase if I offer charge card services to my customers? **How can I tell if my prices are right for the wholesale markets I want to reach? **Is the Internet an effective marketing outlet for artists and craft sellers? **How do craft malls operate and what costs are involved in this type of selling? **What is the difference between a copyright, patent, and trademark? **Is it okay to make items for sale from patterns found in magazines? **What is the profit potential of a crafts or home-business newsletter? **How can I get my craft or needlework designs and projects published? There is even a chapter on resources that includes a bibliography of crafts books and magazines, organizations, governmental agencies, and suppliers.

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From the Back Cover

Most crafters are crafts people first and business people second; and that's the way it should be. But, let's face it, the financial and legal side of your homebased business is of paramount importance to everything you do. Barbara Brabec is one of the country's best-known home business writers and speakers. Through her books, articles, and columns she has dealt with virtually every question and problem anyone might encounter in a crafts-related business. In this highly informative, fun-to-read book, she answers hundreds of questions of vital interest to beginners and experiences crafters alike. Also featured in The Crafts Business Answer Book is a resource chapter that lists dozens of crafts business books and periodicals, organizations, government agencies, suppliers, and publishers.

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

About this edition

• Publisher: M. Evans & Company
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0871318334
• ISBN 13: 9780871318336
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274