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Books that move your craft and business forward.
Explore a considered shelf of books for makers, digitizers and custom-product businesses. Every title is selected for a practical reason — so you can spend less time searching and more time making.
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The Handmade Marketplace, 2nd Edition: How to Sell Your Crafts Locally, Globally, and Online
Kari Chapin
A fully revised guide to turning craft skills into income. Chapin covers branding your business, building a customer base, selling your work locally, globally and online…
BookBeginner
Selling on Amazon For Dummies
Deniz Olmez, Joseph Kraynak
An overview of building a business on Amazon: getting started in Seller Central, deciding what to sell, product research, sourcing, shipping and returns, fees, sales tax…
BookBeginner
Starting an Etsy Business For Dummies
Kate Shoup, Kate Gatski
A step-by-step guide to opening and running an Etsy shop, updated in this fourth edition for recent changes to the site. It covers setting up the shop, photographing pro…
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Practical recommendations, not an endless list.
A focused point of view. We choose books that can help a maker, digitizer or customization business solve a real next-step problem.
A clear reason to read. Each listing explains why it earned a place on the shelf before you leave the University.
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