Hello, I’m out to sell books, and I’m hoping that you will both buy, and sell them for me.  I have been writing how-to booklets and modernizing these forgotten formulas for six years now.  After several expensive attempts to place classified ads in likely magazines, I was pretty discouraged.  Then I realized I needed a large sales force.  Who better than those who have already read my books?!?  I’d rather pay you than the magazines, so I’ve a proposition for you.  If you’ll mail the 50 order form cards included with each book, and/or sell them in person, I’ll pay you for each book sold.  You will be paid a $2.50 commission if I have to mail you a check, or a $8.00 commission for e-mailed PayPal payments.  Paydays will be every other month that your account reaches $20.00, with no balance held more than six months. Some sell ten books, while some don’t sell even one.  I’ll help all I can.  Each book comes with a sheet of sales tips, 50 post card order forms, and 25 address labels of likely prospects.  Those who send out post cards on a monthly or weekly basis usually order more cards and labels with each book they order.  If you are just doing this for the commission, please read the books, too!  I worked hard on them.  Good luck, Kathy Fox.

Starting An Internet Based Manuscript Editing Business:  $20.00  Yippie- a home business that only requires a computer & good grammar.  This book covers everything I've learned while starting up and operating an internet based manuscript editing business.  Some of the subjects covered include equipment and software selection, payment systems, the decisions made during the design of this website, researching the competition, advertising costs and strategies, and market fluctuations.  Things you really need to know if you are planning to edit books from your home.  Come to think of it, this book would be pretty handy for most people starting an internet based business.  The only thing I don't teach you is the editing skills themselves, but I do list several software products that can help to teach you.  If you ever read books and advertisements that have errors that just leap out and bug you, you are probably editor material. Several of the same equipment and advertising strategies would be helpful to any new web based business.  I must admit, I do love scheduling my work around my life instead of the other way around.

Starting A Massage Therapy Business In MN:  $45.00   Are you good at giving backrubs? MN hasn’t required any formal schooling for massage practitioners since May 11th, 2000. Cities may have there own rules, so check with them first. I had to go from Duluth to Proctor when Duluth changed it’s laws last August, but saving up to one year & $7000 of school was worth it. This book covers contraindications (when not to rub or you’ll cause injury), tips on things like self care, good but cheap massage oil recipes, getting oil out of sheets, and how to comply with MN laws and taxes. Free if you take a 2 day seminar in Duluth for $125. See my website for schedules. I will come to any MN town for 3 or more people. Yes, you could look it up yourself, but it took me 2 years, so why not use my research, experience, and mistakes?              

Practical Disaster Preparedness:  $20.00  A practical, and cheap as possible way to be more prepared for disasters, both natural and man-made.  While the main emphasis is on rural strategies where services are usually last to be restored, but we have the most storage room available, there is still much that will make sense for the urban dweller as well.  There are several levels of preparedness and seasonal strategies laid out.  With these different levels, you should be able to have a realistic, practical way to take care of yourself and your family until help arrives even if you don’t have bags of money.  And while preparing to stay safe and comfortable at home is very important, most people find it even harder to properly prepare for an evacuation.  Having an emergency plan for your medicines and important documents is at least as important as laying in a week or so of food and water supplies.  I think that buying this book will be a better investment than taping plastic sheeting over your entire house with duct tape.  Although I am a northerner, which explains why so much of this applies to winter preparedness, there is much information that applies to wherever you live.

PVC Greenhouse Frames:  $20.00  Dirt cheap at about $1.12 per square foot in my area, and usually no foundation or permits are necessary.  There are 3 styles, and cut parts lists for over 30 sizes!  These greenhouse plans range from 8’ X 5’ to 20’ X 60’.  A little math to add on 5’ sections will allow you to make each greenhouse style as long as you like.  PVC is probably one of the simplest materials to make a greenhouse frame out of, as for small projects, all you need is a hacksaw and some PVC cement.  If you make a mistake or need to make a repair, it is very simple to cut the bad part out and glue in a new piece.  Look at the prices of ready-made greenhouses in your area, and I’ll bet that having a 8’ X 15’ greenhouse for less than $150.00 sounds pretty attractive.  You may even be able to start a little business building them, and selling my plan books for a longer term income.  After all, most people who sell my books don’t see the entire 4 levels of sales commission come in until six to eight months after their first sale, so a new sale every few weeks could get you a long term income that builds every few weeks.

Metal Plating Formulas: $20.00 My favorite book of forgotten formulas, I've had a blast trying out these things and adjusting the formulas for more consistent results.  Formulas for plating metal without electricity from the 1930’s.  There was a good reason that so many things used to be nickel-plated.  Some of these formulas are as simple as a paste to be rubbed on copper bearing alloys to deposit a layer of nickel-plating one molecule thick.  While it should be protected by a layer of lacquer, this is a great way to restore or customize metal trim.  One of the nice things about these formulas is that you get a unique finish to your metal crafts, statues, trim, and hardware that is never exactly the same from one base alloy to another.

Whitewash and Milk Paint Formulas: $20.00 10 formulas for a relatively durable whitewash.  Those of you who have tried using a plain lime and water whitewash on your farm will understand the value of a formula that can withstand several rains.  These formulas vary in both their durability and difficulty.  Included are some historical formulas for true skim milk paint.  As the production process for genuine milk paint is hazardous, expensive, and a shocking amount of work, they are included here just because I thought it a shame to let them be lost to the passing of time.  Whitewash has many uses, and lends itself well to the image of many small farms.  Many people trying to restore a small farm have asked me how to repair a cracked or damaged wall without removing the whole accumulation of whitewash.  After a bit of trial and error, we have discovered a way to do a fair repair job of those many layers of yearly whitewash.  I hope that you get good use out of this relatively long lasting and inexpensive rural standby.

Insect Repelling Formulas:  $20.00 Old fashioned comfort for man and beast made from essential plant oils.  Especially good for hobby farmers, as there are many suggestions for the most efficient ways  to use these home made oil repellents.  These tips and suggestions also work with the commercial preparations.   Plus Distilling Essential Oils:  A simple lard based process that yields craft quality oils.  This is a nice way to make a very personal product from the flowers and herbs produced in your garden or PVC Greenhouse.

Raise Meat Not Myths:  $20.00  Raise rabbits at home for a steady supply of high quality meat with little investment.  Unlike starting right out raising a cow for beef, rabbits need only about 24 to 36 square feet, no huge pastures to fence, and butchering can be done on a meal by meal basis.  Quite handy if you don’t have a huge freezer, or if you think your electricity may be interrupted for an extended period of time.  Oh, yeah, while they may scratch or bite you, it's not nearly as painful or even deadly as a kick from an 800 pound beef steer.  Plus Sour Dough Bread Starter:  If you have ever wanted to grow your own sour bread starter, here are several ways to capture and nurture the wild yeasts around you.  There are also a few sourdough recipes so that you have something to do with the yeast the breeze has brought you.

Additional sets of 50 order cards with targeted mailing labels:  $5.00  I purchase these labels in huge quantities targeted to small farmers, self sufficiency groups, and entrepreneurs (often spoken of as get rich quick or sucker lists.)  As most of these companies require at least 10,000 addresses as a minimum order, I can break up the sheets and pass this savings on to you. 

     While I don't have an internet based way to track sales over the internet, some clever people have come up with a way to still get their sales commissions without physically sending people the post cards.  If you are expecting to use email, the internet, or your website to make your sales, here is how they've done it.  They order whichever book they want, and when they get an order over the internet, they send in that order on one of the 50 order post cards they received with the book that has THEIR sales tracking number on it.  When the book reaches them, they simply forward it to their customer's address.  It's a bit awkward, but I haven't found a secure way to do otherwise.  Anyhow, an $8.00 profit on an item you don't have to buy ahead of time is still pretty good.  Or you may refer them to this page, making sure that they know your tracking number in the hopes that they will follow the instructions at the top of this page.  Not as sure a thing that you will get the credit for the sale, but aside from doing the advertising, you have no work to do.  All you have to do after getting the ball rolling is to spend the money coming into your PayPal account every two months, assuming you do sell these books.

    If you don't have a PayPal account, sign up now and get $5.00.  It's free for you, and more secure for both of us.  All I'll know is your email address, not your bank account or credit card information.  If you only have a C2it account, that's free for you, too.  Just tell me what you wish to order, and I'll send you a return email telling you how much to send to my C2it account.  These PayPal buttons just make the process faster, as we don't have to play email tag before I can send out your book.  If you ever wish to sell items or services on the net, PayPal makes it easy for you.  Accept credit cards without extra costs to you, and no cost at all to your customers.  They even have a free debit card with cash back on purchases so that you can instantly access your earnings.

     Yes, I want you to make money!  I'll even be happy if you become a successful editor.  Many more people buy books on how to start a business than actually go through with it, and if a few of you become better editors than I am, I can live with that.  I pay out $8.00 in commissions on books sold by others, and still make about $6.00 per book myself.  That seems pretty fair to me.  The more books you sell, the more money I make.  It takes about 9 hours of labor for me to print, bind, cut, package, mail, and do the tracking paperwork for every 100 books.  After having put in a few hundred hours writing them, I appreciate reaping a 3 hour a month job that brings me $60.00 per hour.  Not nearly as much as I enjoy manuscript editing and massage, but it's about time I made some money teaching others what I know.  Each book comes with a sales tip sheet outlining free or inexpensive ways to sell the books.  I hope that we can help each other.  If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at editor@foxesfarm.com.  Have a nice day.

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