Getting Published: Get Your Ideas, Designs, Books and Articles in Print!

Following the success of my classes, Making Money with Quilting, students requested more information about how to get published in the quilting and crafting world. 

For this report, I have drawn from my writing experience which runs the gamut from my first published article that earned me $20 to six full-length books for the trade.

A book for the trade may appear in libraries, shops and online book stores or sold by book clubs or translated into other languages too as mine have been. 

What is involved in writing a book?  It means writing 75- 85,000 words, including a Table of Contents, Introduction, Foreword, Dedication, Chapter Outlines and Resource chapters in addition to your text---the heart of your book. 

Please note that I am not only talking about a pattern book published primarily for the quilting or craft industry, but one with a broader market as well  All six of my books are categorized as "Small Business Books." 

Sound intimidating? Then consider starting as I did, with small, simple articles then work your way up the publishing ladder, learning as you go. Why not start with a pattern book featuring your designs and those of others, in addition to instructions and technical information about your methods? Is self-publishing for you or do you want to know more about royalty publishing? Begin with writing about what you know and what you love. 

This Special Business Report includes: Step-by-Step instructions about how to create an original design to getting it published plus,

      Finding magazines that buy designs
Dealing with editors
 How to submit a design,
Tips for writing clear instructions
Query letters
Organizing your files
Copyright basics
 Tighten up your writing
  Finding complementary     supplies  and more! 

The Art of Teaching

Learn to present your skills professionally to students from shops, guilds, schools, regional, state and national seminars. Included in this report:

• Defining teaching methods
• The elements of a class description
• Planning and organizing a class
• Using class time well
• Creating informative hand-out sheets
• Samples and visual aids for your classes
• In the classroom:
• Attitude
•   Difficult students & classroom situations

• Teaching Tips

• Creating your lesson plans

• Teaching at a distance

• Correspondence

• Online

• On the Road  Teaching at conventions & seminars

• A last word about other profits from teaching

• Basics of a home-based business

• Advantages and disadvantages

• What the IRS has to say

• Start with a business plan
• Research your market
• Use an action board to get started
• Teaching credentials and qualifications

   

  A bonus for YOU with each order: a comprehensive teacher's contract you can print, copy and fill in with your own information!

13 Price Setting Strategies in This Special Report.

1. Pricing by the Project
2. Pricing Using the Direct Materials Method
3. Pricing by the Square Inch/Foot/Yard
4. Pricing Based on Spools of Thread
5. Pricing Based on Materials Consumed + Level of Difficulty
6. Pricing Based on Yardage Consumed
7. Pricing by the Hour
8. Mark-up Pricing
9. Break-even Pricing
10. Labor + Materials + Cost + Profit = Price
11. Establishing a Pricing Template
12. Devising a Pricing Range & Adjusting Your Prices
13. Two Tiered Pricing Levels to Sell at Retail & Wholesale

The size of the quilting market continues to grow with 17% (19,135 million) of U.S. households reporting quilting participation? According to the latest Quilting in America 2006 Survey, the total number of quilters in the US exceeds 27 million, nearly 100% increase from the 14 million quilters reported in 1997.
Do you want to know how to buy at wholesale? How much can you reasonably expect to earn? This Special Business Report should help you decide. Included:

• pricing basics
• when to raise your prices
• determining what your time is worth less
• increasing profits
• what to say if buyers say your item costs too much,
• what to do when your competitors charge much less than you do
• thirteen pricing methods
• pricing examples for quilters
• pricing example for long-arm machine quilting
• pricing example for custom hand quilting pricing example for pattern designers