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by Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood

....Enter Kari Chapin, author of “Handmade Marketplace: How to Sell Your Crafts Locally, Globally and Online.” The book, ($14.95, 224 pages) due out next month, contains advice from yours truly and more than two dozen others ranging from handmade business owners to craft bloggers, podcasters and industry insiders, including Grace Bonney,Holly Becker, Matt Stinchcomband the Ravelry.comcreators and husband and wife team of Jessica Marshall Forbes and Casey Forbes.

Chapin wove comments from her “creative collective” into her narrative that breaks down the nuts and bolts of running a handmade business in a way that is accessible to rookies and veteran sellers.

“I would really like to give (readers) confidence and a can-do spirit and the courage to make this dream a reality,” Chapin said. “I don’t assume that you only want to craft part-time or that you want to leave your job and craft full-time.”....

Read more at  -  http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/01/new_book_collects_tips_for_lau.html