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How to Start a Home-Based Desktop Publishing Business (Home-Based Business Series)
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List Price:
$17.95
Global Home Business Price:
$0.07
Your Savings: $ 17.88 ( 100% )
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Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Globe Pequot Pr
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 686.22544536
EAN: 9781564408587
ISBN: 1564408582
Label: Globe Pequot Pr
Manufacturer: Globe Pequot Pr
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 228
Publication Date: 1996-04
Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr
Studio: Globe Pequot Pr
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Editorial Reviews:
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A successful home-based desktop publisher herself, author Louise Kursmark shares her experiences and down-to-earth advice to help you estimate start-up costs, manage cash flow, and stay profitable once in business. From painless record-keeping to savvy marketing techniques, Kursmark's step-by-step methods are realistic, innovative, and easy to understand.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great!
Comment: Well written and packed full of information! Very helpful, I wish I would have bought this before leaving my full time job to start my own business. So many things that I wish I would have had set up before hand. I am implementing much of it now. I have bought several books regarding running a design business from home, I recommend this one over all the others!
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Very Thorough Is Lacking in Only One Area
Comment: As the previous reviewers have written, this book covers day-to-day information you need to run a DTP (or graphic design) business.
Have you thought about creating a policies & guidelines sheet for your customers? If you don't, you'll be sorry after a client blames you because they didn't proofread their job before it went to the printer. If you had the P&G to review with them, you would be able to bring it up BEFORE it becomes a crisis.
This book is loaded with examples like this; not just the ancedotes, but the forms that help your business run smoothly. As I mentioned, this book was lacking in only one area--financial recordkeeping was a mere two pages in this book. That subject could be a 200 page book in and of itself. Kursmark is so clever at writing about this subject in a friendly and conversational manner, I found myself disappointed not to get her help on recordkeeping.
That said, this book is highly recommended based on what it does cover, and I'm off to find a book to explain how to track expenses and the like.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent so far!
Comment: I have only had time to read about 15 pages of this book, but so far it is fantastic! When I read more pages I will rate again, but like I said, this book is great. From what I have read so far, I would highly recommend this book. The author is very straightforward and her writing style is wonderful - easy to understand and down to earth.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very effective resource
Comment: As a pro DTP & graphic artist, I didn't think there would be much more to learn to eliminate my employer and sell the services I did already directly to customers. In fact, thinking I was an expert of graphic design & all of the software made me mistakenly believe I was ready to pass out biz cards and start selling my services and wondered how this book could possibly be 200 pages for something so simple. I was quite wrong, however, and I'm so glad I read this book and got aware of how much more successful I could be by following the author's plan. There is a lot of lessons learned the hard way the author shared which would save anyone a lot of money and a lot of trouble, not to mention lost business. There is a lot of planning that needs to happen before one passes out there first bizcard and I would not have had a clue were it not for this book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Great Resource!
Comment: The author of this book has done an excellent job in providing the 'would-be desktop publisher' with lots of great information on how to get started in this business. The book is very clear and concise, with a sense of humor. It provides information step-by-step so it's very easy to follow.
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