{"product_id":"9781457182662","title":"Business Matters: A freelancer's guide to business success in any economy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Bette Frick launched her freelance writing and editing business in 1990, not having completed formal business training meant she would make more than a few mistakes. But not applying MBA models meant that as her company grew, her business model fit her rather than some business-school template.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Bette learned her (sometimes) painful lessons, she shared them in her column, Business Matters, in \u003ci\u003eIntercom,\u003c\/i\u003e the magazine of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), from 2003 to 2012. \u003ci\u003eBusiness Matters\u003ci\u003e republishes those articles, substantially revised and arranged thematically, along with several new chapters.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"XML Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174462800112,"sku":"9781457182662","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781457182662_p0.jpg?v=1763866013","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781457182662","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}