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Updated 6/25/07

This book contains tips, techniques, and procedures for starting up and running a successful creative-services business. The most comprehensive business companion available for freelance graphic designers, art directors, illustrators, copywriters, and agency or design-shop principals, this book guides creative entrepreneurs step-by-step through the process of being successfully self-employed. It answers their most-asked questions and provides sample forms that will save time and help them run their business more professionally.

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The Business Side of Creativity: The Complete Guide for Running a Graphic Design or Communications Business
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other recommended graphic design books:

> AIGA Professional Practices in Graphic Design

> Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market: Where & How to Sell Your Illustrations, Fine Art, Graphic Design & Cartoons

> Becoming a Graphic Designer: A Guide to Careers in Graphic Design

> Business & Legal Forms for Graphic Designers

> The Business Side of Creativity

> Color Index : Over 1100 Color Combinations, CMYK & RGB Formulas

> Design Basics

> Designing Brand Identity : A Complete Guide to Creating, Building & Maintaining Strong Brands

> The Education of a Graphic Designer

> Elements of Graphic Design : Space, Unity, Page Architecture & Type

> Getting It Printed : How to Work with Printers & Graphic Imaging Services to Assure Quality, Stay on Schedule & Control Costs

> Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines

> Graphic Design for the 21st Century : 100 of the World's Best Graphic Designers

> Graphic Design Time Line : A Century of Design Milestones

> Graphic Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating & Budgeting

> Process Color Manual : 24,000 CMYK Combinations for Design, Prepress & Printing

> Starting Your Career as a Freelance Illustrator or Graphic Designer