I was in our local library just yesterday with my daughter that loves to read. Normally I just drop her off and pick her up about 15 minutes later. This time I went in with her and got a few books myself. I found an interesting one on appliqué and 2 others about marketing your crafts. The one on appliqué was just fine but those other 2 were written in 1998 and were grossly outdated.
I had to laugh when one book had a section on computers and the internet. The author said she felt that the internet would be nothing more than an area for information and she could not see it as becoming a place to sell things. She didn't have the time to "waste" just to answer email and surf. She also advised people not to use a computer for their business because of the "new" windows" thing that she personally did not yet get the hang of and would stick to her DOS computer.
The name of that book was "Creative Cash" by Barbara Brabec. I certainly hope that she has changed her mind in 10 years about the internet and computers.
Here is a lesson for everyone, if you are thinking about getting a book about marketing or the internet, you had better get one that has been released within the past 3 months because technology is changing that fast as well as the way people market on the internet.
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