Crafting as a Business

Wendy W. Rosen

Rosen Group, 1994 - Crafts & Hobbies - 192 pages

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 specific names and addresses, 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. From getting into crafts shows and galleries to networking efficiently--it's all here! 256 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 11.

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User Review  - drj - LibraryThing

This book covers all of the left-brained, bean counting things that have to be addressed if you are going to take yourself seriously and have a real business selling the crafts or art that you make ...

Contents

• EDITORS NOTE: 1
• The Craft Community: 8
• Product Development: 25
• The Creative Curve: 31
• Craft Guilds: 43
• Choosing a Computer System for Your Business: 50
• Your PR and Marketing Needs: 59
• Effective Exhibits: 94
• Craft As a Family Business: 109

Bibliographic information

• Title: Crafting as a Business
• Author: Wendy W. Rosen
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Rosen Group, 1994
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Nov 7, 2007
• ISBN: 080198632X, 9780801986321
• Length: 192 pages
• Subjects: Crafts & Hobbies / Reference