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Please find below new publications (click on the thumbnail image to go to relevant book). More titles will be announced later this year.
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By Alison Branagan
With Illustrations by Tim Bradford
ISBN: 9781408119037
A & C Black
The Essential Guide to Business for Artists and Designers is a comprehensive business start up and enterprise skills guide that should appeal to a wide range of artists and designers. Specific topics that are covered include: making creativity pay; self-employment vs employment; starting up a business; money management; business planning; building networks; self-promotion; funding and sponsorship; intellectual property and legal issues; negotiation tactics and contracts; records, taxes and basic bookkeeping; trading via the internet, innovation and future trends; a detailed business glossary and full list of professional bodies.
The book includes seven profiles of established artists and designers, dozens of apt quotations, illustrated mind maps, diagrams, useful exercises and is printed in the latest dyslexic friendly font - FS me. With a foreword by Sir James Dyson.
Buy from A & C Black or Amazon.
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To read book reviews, please see 'Ceramic Review' (PDF) and 'Design and Art Direction', D&AD (link to website).
Stockists include Amazon, Magma, Tate Modern, Tate Britain, the Serpentine Art Gallery and Waterstones.
By Alison Branagan
With Illustrations by Tim Bradford
ISBN: 978-1-4081-2992-0
Kogan Page Ltd
A Pocket Business Book for Artists and Designers contains concise answers to 100 questions any arts graduate, or self-employed artist, designer or creative professional would like to know the answers to. Topics include self-promotion and key business, legal and money queries. This guide is printed in the latest dyslexic friendly font - FS me on pale cream paper, with a foreword by Sir James Dyson.
ISBN: 978-1408129920 (A & C Black)
Buy from Amazon
Now available on Kindle and Kobo
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By Alison Branagan
With Illustrations by Tim Bradford
ISBN: 9780749454869
Kogan Page Ltd
'Making Sense of Business' is a practical enterprise skills book, with useful content for visual artists and creative professionals. Topics Include how to focus, networking, making sales, presentation, negotiation, time management, and creative thinking, amongst many.
As well as apt quotations, the book contained many useful exercises, and mind mapsŪ illustrated by Tim Bradford. With a foreword by Sir James Dyson.
For more information please visit Kogan Page UK, Kogan Page USA, Amazon UK or Amazon USA.
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To visit the website, please go to www.makingsenseofbusiness.com.
Making Sense of Business (Korean)
Korean translation now available for more information please click here
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The Seven Steps to Business Start-up A Complete Beginner's Guide
By Alison Branagan
Forthcoming...
Estimated publication date on Kindle - Spring 2012
Front cover designed by Tracey Hudd
This book has been written for anyone who desires to start up a business from scratch, even if you are not sure what you would like to do. The guide includes practical guidance in the form of logical steps and extensive resources. It also covers how to develop an enterprising mindset which is essential if you are to make the most of future opportunities.
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By Caroline Mornement
ISBN: 0-9550026-2-1
BCF Books
Alison is a guest author in this brilliant pocket book edited by Caroline Mornement.
This is an essential book for designer-makers and applied artists who wish to set up in business. The two chapters Alison has written are about 'Getting Paid' and 'Negotiation'.
For more information visit BCF Books or Amazon (links opens in new page)
Illustrations by Tim Bradford ©2008
