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Legal Guide for the Visual Artist
Tad Crawford
Allworth Press, 1999
Great Reference Guide
Even if you have the luxury of an attorney that speicalizes in art contracts, as I do, this is a great book of forms to keep handy for quick reference. My advice is to get it with his other book: Business & Legal Forms for Fine Artists also by Tad Crawford
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Technical Theater for Nontechnical People
Drew Campbell
Allworth Press, 2004
This edition is great, but new edition is even better!
This is a wonderful book, but did you know there's a revised 2004 edition available? Click on "Paperback (2nd)" so you can get the most updated information on this subject.
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Starting Your Career as a Freelance Illustrator or Graphic Designer
Michael Fleishman
Allworth Press, 2001
A great little guide for the wanta-be entrepreneur who doesn't have a mentor to help them go from W-2 worker to self-employed!
I really liked this book a lot. It was a very good first-hand book written by a small business owner about his experiences starting, managing, and prospering as a freelance illustrator and/or graphic designer. His writing style was not exactly stellar. But it certainly ...
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The Business of Studio Photography: How to Start and Run a Successful Photography Studio
Edward Lilley
Allworth Press, 2002
One of the best photography books ever...
I have heaps of books on photography. I have been in business previously as a professional photographer in another country. I liked to think I take decent photos and could make a living. However, reading this book brought me down-to-the-ground in a most positive ...
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How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer
Debbie Millman
Allworth Press, 2007
Talking to your mentors
It's always refreshing to learn something new about the creative people that you idolize. This is a great book that will not only inspire you but also answer questions about design that are not quite so easy to articulate. You will read every page without any regret.
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The Industrial Design Reader
Allworth Press, 2003
Provides a fine selection of writings
This anthology is the first to focus on the history of industrial design, providing essays written by designers, policy makers, critics and historians on the topic. From the introduction of industrial design in the 1850s to its present mass production, this provides a ...
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The Elements of Graphic Design: Space, Unity, Page Architecture, and Type
Alexander W. White
Allworth Press, 2002
A Great Start for the Budding Graphic Designer
I found this book very useful as both an introductory into the field of Graphic Design as well as a reference source for future projects. This book will remain in my permanent collection!
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ASMP Professional Business Practices in Photography, 7th Edition
American Society of Media Photographers
Allworth Press, 2008
Great Stuff!
For anyone in the business or especially getting into it, this is a must have book. Very valuable!
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Looking Closer 5: Critical Writings on Graphic Design
Allworth Press, 2007
The Looking Closer series suffers a tired exit
At this point, the essays are simply filling space. It's a shame such an important, groundbreaking series has had to encounter such an undignified exit. Most valuably this edition reflects the ineffectual ambivalence of a profession in the throws of a significant ...
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Business and Legal Forms for Photographers (with CD-ROM) (Business and Legal Forms)
Tad Crawford
Allworth Press, 2002
a must have for photographers
this book is a must if you are a photographer starting a business. the book includes dozens of contracts for most photographic jobs, with a detailed description of each, including the meanings of each section of a contract. the included CD gives you a digital form ...
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Starting Your Career As a Freelance Writer
Moira Anderson Allen
Allworth Press, 2003
If You Want to Be A Free Lance Writer-This Is A Must Book
I remember very vividly when I sold my first article to a major Canadian newspaper. It was in the mid 1960s, when I had just graduated from law school and I decided that the only way to fame, and perhaps jump- start my non-existent law practice, was to write articles ...
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Business and Legal Forms for Graphic Designers (3rd Edition)
Tad Crawford, Eva Doman Bruck
Allworth Press, 2003
It's a $29.95 Lawyer!!
Our small graphic design firm had been relying on the legal forms and contracts from this book for about one year. Finally, we decided that perhaps we ought to visit with a lawyer to make sure we were doing it right...$560.00 later for an initial consultation, we ...
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The Interior Designers Guide to Pricing Estimating and Budgeting
Theo Stephan Williams
Allworth Press, 2005
A Perfect Professional Tool
An excellent tool that is fully up to date. A real necessity for every interior designer, student, apprentice, professional or studio. It does not disappoint as so many such volumes seem to do.
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Pricing Photography: The Complete Guide to Assignment & Stock Prices
Michal Heron, David MacTavish
Allworth Press, 2002
Gold mine of information
I'm a professional photographer so I have experience in pricing, but until I read this book I didn't realize how much more there was to learn. I have picked up a lot of subtleties in negotiating techniques which has given me increased confidence in dealing with ...
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How to Start a Faux Painting or Mural Business: A Guide to Making Money in the Decorative Arts
Rebecca Pitman
Allworth Press, 2003
No more starving artists!
I have been painting murals and doing faux finishing, decorative paint, etc. for 11 years myself, and this is the first book that isn't laden with pretty pictures...it has the nuts and bolts of a business. When I started out professionally in this business I was 19 ...
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