What is included with this book?
Your Legal Companion | p. 1 |
Pricing and Selling | p. 3 |
The Pricing Dilemma: How Much Do You Charge? | p. 5 |
Selling Wholesale | p. 12 |
Selling Retail | p. 15 |
Selling at Crafts Shows | p. 22 |
Selling on Consignment | p. 24 |
Custom Orders | p. 39 |
Shipping and Delays | p. 44 |
Returns and Refunds | p. 44 |
Ten Tips for Collecting Past-Due Accounts | p. 45 |
Selling and Buying Outside the U.S | p. 53 |
Your Studio | p. 55 |
Working From Home | p. 57 |
Finding the Right Space at the Right Price | p. 60 |
Studio Safety | p. 69 |
Going Online | p. 73 |
Where Do You Start? | p. 75 |
Free Stuff | p. 76 |
Invoice Customers and Get Paid Online | p. 80 |
Battle of the Community Stores: Etsy vs. eBay | p. 81 |
Earn Money With Google Adsense | p. 83 |
The (Very) Basics of Driving Traffic to Your Crafts Site | p. 83 |
How to Build a Website in 24 Hours | p. 86 |
Basic Legal Rules When Going Online | p. 88 |
Hiring Workers and Sales Reps | p. 91 |
Employee vs. Independent Contractor-What's the Difference? | p. 93 |
Ten Tips When Hiring Family Members | p. 100 |
Statutory Employees | p. 103 |
Firing Workers | p. 105 |
Works Made for Hire | p. 106 |
When Workers Learn Your Crafts Secrets | p. 116 |
Hiring Sales Reps | p. 121 |
Business Forms & Legal Liability | p. 133 |
Personal Liability: What Is It? | p. 134 |
The Business Entity as Shield | p. 135 |
Sole Proprietorship | p. 136 |
Partnership | p. 138 |
LLC vs. Corporation-What's the Difference? | p. 148 |
The Cooperative | p. 152 |
Other Ways to Limit Liability | p. 156 |
The Need for Basic Insurance | p. 157 |
Assess and Reduce Your Risks | p. 166 |
Product Liability | p. 167 |
Protecting Appearances With Copyright | p. 169 |
How a Copyright Protects You | p. 172 |
What Type of Work Qualifies for Copyright | p. 173 |
Photographs of Your Crafts Work | p. 177 |
Do You Need to Register With the Copyright Office? | p. 178 |
Choosing Whether to Register Your Works in Groups | p. 179 |
Filing a Copyright Application | p. 180 |
Posting a Copyright Notice on Your Work | p. 197 |
Getting Permission to Use Someone Else's Work | p. 198 |
Fair Use: When It's "Fair" for You to Use Pieces of Others' Works | p. 201 |
The First Sale Doctrine: Your Right to Resell Works | p. 202 |
The Public Domain: Free Stuff | p. 202 |
Using Copyright Assignments | p. 204 |
What Rights Does the Customer Acquire When They Buy Your Work? | p. 211 |
Infringement of Copyright | p. 211 |
The Visual Artists Rights Act: Crafts Works and Fine Arts | p. 213 |
Personal/Model Releases | p. 215 |
Protecting Appearances With Design Patents and Trade Dress | p. 221 |
Comparing Design Patents and Copyright | p. 222 |
Design Patents: The Bottom Line | p. 226 |
How to Get a Design Patent | p. 227 |
What Qualifies for a Design Patent | p. 229 |
Preparing a Design Patent Application | p. 239 |
Are There Other Types of Protection? | p. 249 |
Trade Dress | p. 249 |
What to Do If Your Work Is Ripped Off | p. 251 |
Names and Trademarks | p. 255 |
Trademark Basics | p. 256 |
Collective Marks and Certification Marks | p. 264 |
Staying Out of Trouble | p. 266 |
Federal Registration | p. 271 |
Licensing | p. 279 |
Crafts Licensing Overview | p. 282 |
Merchandise License Agreement | p. 287 |
Licensing Worksheet | p. 324 |
Taxes | p. 329 |
Hobby vs. Business-What's the Difference? | p. 332 |
Paying Taxes | p. 334 |
Tax Deductions | p. 344 |
Lawyers, Contracts, and Lawsuits | p. 359 |
Hiring Lawyers for Routine Business | p. 361 |
Hiring Lawyers for Legal Disputes | p. 363 |
Finding the Right Lawyer | p. 364 |
Fees and Fee Agreements | p. 366 |
Evaluating Your Attorney's Services | p. 368 |
Using Contract Provisions to Avoid Legal Costs and Hassles | p. 370 |
Appendix | |
How to Use the CD-ROM | p. 375 |
Installing the Files Onto Your Computer | p. 376 |
Using the Word Processing Files to Create Documents | p. 377 |
Files on the CD-ROM | p. 380 |
Index | |
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