WHY READ BOOKS?

"A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you." - Daniel J. Boorstein

Take one of Barbara's books to bed with you and learn how to turn your home business dream into reality—or make the one you already have far more successful!

"The books that help you most are those which make you think the most."
         - Theodore Parker

On second thought. . . maybe you'd better not read one of Barbara's books right before bedtime, because thinking about all the ideas you're guaranteed to get from any one of them is apt to keep you awake all night!

"Last night I hardly slept at all. It was one of those good thinking nights."
    - John Steinbeck, in
Journey of a Novel

What readers have said about Barbara's Books

 

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Praise for Barbara's Books

The following books are available in both retail and online bookstores:

HOMEMADE MONEY, in print since 1984, has been called the most comprehensive home-business guide in print. Long recommended by U.S. Small Business Administration specialists, it was for many years used as a text in entrepreneurial courses across the country. After five editions and more than 128,000 copies in print, this classic guide was updated and released by M. Evans in 2003 as a new two-volume edition (becoming the only NEW books with a track record): HOMEMADE MONEY: Starting Smart (for beginners); and HOMEMADE MONEY: Bringing in the Bucks (for established business owners).

CREATIVE CASH — How to Profit from Your Special Artistry, Creativity, Hand Skills, and Related Know-how. (6th ed., 1998, Prima Publishing). A classic in its field for more than thirty years with more than 110,000 copies in print, this book has helped thousands of creative people launch successful art or craft businesses at home. In fact, several people who started a business with an earlier edition of this book in hand are featured success stories in this new edition.

THE CRAFTS BUSINESS ANSWER BOOK — Starting, Marketing, and Managing a Homebased Art, Crafts, or Design Business (2006, Rev. Edition, M. Evans). This classic encyclopedic reference especially for artists and craftspeople offers answers to hundreds of troublesome questions about starting, marketing & managing a homebased business efficiently, legally, & profitably.

HANDMADE FOR PROFIT — Hundreds of Secrets to Success in Selling Arts & Crafts (2002 Rev. Edition, M. Evans). This crafts marketing bible features the best marketing strategies and selling secrets of nearly a hundred successful craftspeople, artists, designers and publishers in the author's network.

MAKE IT PROFITABLE — How to Make Your Art, Craft, Design, Writing or Publishing Business More Efficient, More Satisfying, and More Profitable (2000, M. Evans). The first and only book of its kind ... an intimate and revealing look at how creative people live and work at home. Unlike the author's other crafts business books, this one places heavy emphasis on computer technology and related products and the different ways creative people are using them to manage their businesses and increase productivity, sales, and profits.

This eBook is available for immediate download:

Barbara Brabec's Secrets to Maximizing Schedule C Deductions.
This highly praised eBook offers proven strategies for cutting self-employment taxes to the bone—the same strategies Barbara has used throughout the life of her business to shelter thousands of dollars of business profit from self-employment taxes. Put them to use to cut your SE taxes this year and every year in the future and learn things your accountant may never tell you—or worse, may not even know.

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