You’ve already found your passion, so let The Craft Artist’s Legal Guide coach you through the business of crafting. With the instructions and explanations in this book, you’ll learn how to:
get a design patent or license your crafts work
price and sell works, online and off
find and utilize free ways of promoting your business online
Take care of the legal and business side of your business and focus on creating your crafts!
Crafting for profit is on the rise, and you may find yourself relying more and more on the income generated from your creative enterprise. At the same time, the legal and business side of crafting can be daunting for artists, consuming time and money that could be better invested in creating new products -- and possibly even leaving you open to copyright violation or tax troubles. With the instructions and explanations in The Craft Artist's Legal Guide, you'll learn how to:
get a design patent or license your crafts work
price and sell works, online and off
select the right studio and deal with leases, noise restrictions, and zoning laws
find and utilize free ways of promoting your business online
hire workers and sales reps
choose the right insurance
complete and file required business forms
The Craft Artist's Legal Guide will help you focus on your creative works, simplifying procedures and avoiding problems. Each chapter of the book starts with an engaging profile of a working craftsperson, then identifies and discusses the nuts and bolts business and legal issues that you're likely to encounter as an artist. The book also provides helpful legal contracts for the most common crafts business activities, as well as various money-saving online resources that will save you time and money.
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