Home Businesses You Can Buy Author:Paul Edwards, Sarah Edwards, Walter Zooi Subtitle: The definitive guide to exploring franchises, multi-level marketing and business opportunities : how to avoid scams. — Starting a home business is increasingly an area of opportunity for many, and prepackaged home businesses offer an alternative to building a home-based business from scratch. The Edwardses, veteran business authors (Fin... more »ding Your Perfect Work, LJ 12/95), have prepared a practical guide that focuses on three categories of home business packages: franchises, multilevel marketing, and business opportunities. They thoroughly analyze each category, including a history of each business concept (e.g., franchising), and discuss legal aspects, advantages and disadvantages, and case studies. The authors provide a helpful checklist to measure consumer compatibility with each type of prepackaged business, and they list useful directory information. A valuable addition is the bibliography of books, associations, and Internet resources. This book is an excellent starting point for anyone desiring to buy a home-based business. -- Library Journal« less