Review: Useful and detailed
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 25, 2013
If would like making money using your skill at some craft this is a terrific resource.  I read a number of make money from your craft skills book, and this one is unique.  This is book is not about your craft, but how to make money using your skill in a craft.  If you ever tried selling something you have made you know it is difficult to find new customers and to get good value for the things you have created.  It is hard to compete with factories that produce stuff with a lot lower cost structure.So what is the solution?  The author offers this idea - run workshops teaching your craft.  This approach produces income in three ways: the income directly from the workshops, selling tools and raw materials to your students, and finally selling your art to the students who through the lessons appreciate and value your work.And, of course, you also get reward from doing what you like even though you might have less time to actually create crafts.The book is very detailed about every aspect of creating and running classes.  For example, when she talks about having outdoor classes she covers the need for toilets and provides info on portable toilets.  That is covering all the details!  I am impressed.She also covers accounting and thinking about taxes.  The book contains a lot of details what can be included as a tax write-off. Event hough the author is based in England the majority of information is relevant to American tax law as well.  Some information (for example VAT - value added tax) or where to register your business are specific to UK, but it is easy to tell that this information is specific to UK as the author provides links to UK web sites for reference.She also covers topics related to Web presence and design, how to handle injuries in your workshop, what to keep track of to be protected, and how to handle difficult customers and complaints.  It is clear that she collected a lot of information based on first-hand experience and I thought it would be extremely helpful to anyone interested in running workshops on their particular skill.I received this book for review purposes from the author and I am very impressed. This a very good resource. There is no fluff and empty verbiage to fill the space, every page has useful information.Ali Julia review