Handmade for Profit!: Hundreds of Secrets to Success in Selling Arts & Crafts

by Barbara Brabec

Book Overview

Millions of Americans participate in hobbies and crafts. Now they have a resource that can help them apply their skill and creativity in making things to making money, too. This book incorporates... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871319950
• ISBN13: 9780871319951
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: M. Evans and Company
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

My Most Used Reference Book - 2002 Edition!

Barbara's new book is awesome! Lots of new information and quotes from "real" folks. Reading the first edition encouraged me to change direction in my business and has introduced my handmade glass beads to an entire new buying public on the internet! Lots of side bar information to explain concepts and thoughts in detail, and lots of humor. It's a book that will go everywhere with you... to be browsed, read and re-read as you grow your home-based business! Every tool you ever need is in this new, 2002 edition!

Wealth of New Information in 2002 Edition

If you're serious about wanting to turn your crafts into a successful business, you must have this completely new rewritten edition. Barbara has written a "Bible for the entrepreneur!" The book is a bargain that will save you time and money as it leads you through setting goals, developing and pricing your product, into new opportunities and new technologies for marketing your talents. As an author, publisher, and owner of a crafts business, I have found more helpful advice in this new book for all three of my endeavors than in any other resource on my bookself. You won't be sorry you bought "Handmade for Profit".

Handmade for Profit 2002 edition

Barbara has done it again. This new book has every tool you will ever need to run a profitable crafts business. Every aspect is covered from what products to make, legal requirements, record keeping, how to price merchandise, and how and where to market your products. This new edition also includes excellent chapters on selling on the web. A must read for anyone who wants to sell anything! No question is left unanswered!

Lots of info

I'm only half way through the book and already she's saved me the cost of the book. Her advice is sound and should help anyone who's dabbled in crafting for a while and never quite knew how to get serious about selling. This is an easy-to-understand wealth of information, and a perfect start on my journey to success.

An Absolute MUST for Crafters

Barbara hasn't forgotten a thing in this wonderful book. From start to finish, each page is filled with a surplus of information. From setting goals to setting prices; marketing to networking, Barbara discusses it all. Any crafter who is interested in selling their work should buy this book. No, borrowing from the library simply will not do. You'll want this book around all the time. It's the crafters' Bible!