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100 New Ways to Boost Profits

Most businesses, large and small, are less profitable than they could be. Net profits only result from a carefully controlled business, one in which costs are monitored closely. This book builds on the author's many years in industry and guides you in attacking administrative overhead, bringing costs such as rent, phone bills, printing costs, legal expenses, accounting fees and more under control, pruning ineffective marketing expenses, increasing your average transaction size, focusing on your most profitable customers, eliminating marginal product lines, knowing when to cut prices and when not to, cutting insurance and tax burdens and using new strategies for hard times.

Our Price $14.95

047113161X

155 Legal Do's and 155 Legal Don�ts for the Small Business

One of the most difficult aspects of starting and running a small business is knowing what are the requirements for compliance with the law ... and what legal pitfalls to avoid. This user-friendly guide, written by a practicing attorney, features a format that offers helpful cross-references and quick access to 155 major legal do's and don'ts in a variety of subject areas, including international transactions, contracts, intellectual property, computers, business succession planning, and more.

Our Price $16.95

9781413305326

A Legal Guide Web & Software Development

For people in the software and Internet industries, failure to understand the tangle of complex rules governing software development and protection can cost thousands of dollars. This book is their salvation. It covers everything they need to know about: copyright, trademark, secret and patent protection; employment agreements; working with independent contractors and employees; development, publishing and consulting agreements; and multimedia development. Includes the step-by-step instructions and forms needed to register a software copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office.

Our Price $44.95

0966873114

Antitrust for Physicians

Antitrust law affects no other profession as much as it affects physicians in the U.S. Topics covered in this book include: peer review immunity; adverse actions by hospitals against staff-privileges; conspiracies, monopolies and exclusion of physicians; exclusion of non-physician practitioners; breach of contract in staff-privilege cases; interference in business relations; defamation; collective bargaining, physician unions, independent physician associations (IPAs) and physician-hospital organizations (PHOs); physician contracts with managed care; and practice mergers.

Our Price $49.00

0764585207

CliffsNotes: Creating Your First Web Page

In this easy to follow book, you�ll learn how to install and use the free Web authoring software FrontPage Express, write text, insert graphics and edit your first Web page. You�ll also learn how to create links to other Internet resources and to other pages in your Web site, publish your pages and promote your Web site.

Our Price $8.95

1882889177

Condominium Bluebook

Our Price $12.95

9781413307146

Consultant & Independent Contractor Agreements

Whether you're contracting your services to others or hiring independent contractors to work for you or your business, it's essential to get everything in writing -- if you don't, you could lose time, money and credibility.Consultant and Independent Contractor Agreements gives you the plain-English instructions and easy-to-use forms you need to keep within the law, stay out of trouble and get the job done.If you're an independent contractor...Take the legal steps necessary to document each new project that comes your way -- if you get audited, you'll be glad you did. This easy-to-use book gives you all the tools you need to: * put your agreement in writing * define a project's scope, components and duration * satisfy IRS requirements * get paid on time and in full * avoid disputes with clients * drum up new businessIf you're hiring independent contractors...Using freelancers can get you great results and save you money -- but you need to know what it takes to avoid the ire of the IRS while protecting your business and intellectual property. Here's everything you need to: * put your agreement in writing * define a project's scope, components and duration * satisfy IRS requirements * protect your trade secrets, trademarks, patents and copyrights * avoid disputes with independent contractors * get your money's worth

Our Price $34.95

0471008796

Consultant's Manual

Addresses the main issues of setting up a consulting business--financial considerations, writing up a business plan and targeting the audience for your practice. Discusses how to implement the business plan and market your services, presenting thoughts on how to name your business as well as some of the ethical issues that arise in consulting.

Our Price $19.95

0471582131

Consultant's Proposal, Fee and Contract Problem-Solver

The author interviewed nearly a dozen of the most successful consultants in the country to provide indispensable advice on fee-setting, contracts, proposal writing and client communication. Features authentic case histories from 10 diverse industries--financial, accounting, data processing, law, marketing, money management, engineering, direct mail, advertising and management consulting--to give readers a practical, how-to look at consulting.

Our Price $24.95

1879505460

Contracts for Film and Television

Our Price $35.00

0773759263

Cyberlaw: What You Need to Know about Doing Business Online

The information age has exploded with a world-wide bang. Leading us through this digital transformation is this guide that tackles the changing effects of new information technology on business practice and the possible legal consequences thereof. Serial submission to "Wired" magazine and the Internet.

Our Price $17.95

0471545368

Dictionary of Business Management

New legislation, an envigorated European community and Japanese dominance in the global marketplace have generated a host of concepts and regulations unknown to the business community a few years ago, thus creating a myriad of new terminology and often a redefining of already coined phrases. This edition features them all with over 7,500 entries-more than any other popular business dictionary- and terms for over 30 different business areas, including acronyms, abbreviations and slang terms. It not only explains words in both general and specific terms but also compares them and refers to other similar meanings. Includes an appendix of useful tables and information.

Our Price $14.95

9781413308655

eBay Business Start-Up Kit

Start an eBay business today!The eBay Business Start-Up Kit is packed with in-depth information and practical advice to help you get your eBay business up and running quickly and easily. Best of all, it features an interactive CD-ROM that makes setting up shop on the web's leading commerce site a cinch.No more trolling the Internet, or digging through millions of web-sites. You can turn to either the book or the disk to quickly look up how to: * list items and become a "PowerSeller" * find auction-management tools * pick a business structure * keep essential records * ship items, handle returns and issue refunds * obtain business licenses and permits * pay (and minimize) taxes * and much moreIt gets even easier: The disk provides links to hundreds of resources on eBay and other sites. One click and you are there!Plenty of books promise readers a shortcut to success on eBay -- but only the eBay Business Start-Up Kit provides an all-in-one resource you can use to get a successful operation up and running, quickly and easily.

Our Price $24.95

0140157352

Getting to Yes

Getting to Yes" offers a concise, step-by-step, proven strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict, whether it involves parents and children, neighbors, bosses and employees, customers or corporations, tenants or diplomats. Based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals continually with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution from domestic to business to international, "Getting to Yes" tells you how to.

Our Price $14.00

1563431157

Insuring the Bottom Line: How to Protect Your Company from Liabilities, Catastrophes and Other Business Risks

This book explains and analyzes the commercial insurance marketplace for owners and managers of businesses that need coverage. With recent changes in the way the insurance industry sells coverage, small businesses have been left alone to answer questions about what coverages to buy or avoid. This book helps owners and managers decide what kind of business insurance they need and how to buy it cost-effectively. It also explains how to deal with insurance companies to assure coverage. Specific chapters include: commercial property, business interruption, boiler and machine, workers' comp, crim, product liability, directors and officers liability and surety bonds. With worksheets, sample letters and sample forms, this book helps business people manage insurance actively, from getting quotes to making claims.

Our Price $29.95