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Reading Choices for Freelancers

I continue to make my contribution to the world economy. My friends and family believe that I am responsible for a major portion of new and used book sales and package delivery charges. Perhaps this is a slight exaggeration. I do, however, regularly receive packages from my favorite online bookstore.

Last week one of those much-anticipated brown boxes contained, among other jewels, a new book from The Princeton Review. Job Surfing: Freelancing (sub-titled Using the Internet to Find a Job and Get Hired) is written by Robert Anthony and Jim Blau.

In his acknowledgements, Robert Anthony tips his hat to us when he says, "I would also like to acknowledge the efforts of independent freelance workers throughout the world for their imaginative, enterprising, and independent free spirits, which, through the Internet, are transporting our work lives into a new age."

Part One gives an interesting overview of freelancing, including what freelancing is and who freelancers are. Part Two offers an unexpected, but most enlightening, history of freelancing. I really enjoyed this background information, that frankly, I had never even considered. This section ends with the authors' outlook for the future of freelancing. Part Three covers extremely helpful online tips, tools and tricks. Part Four covers Web sites of interest. Some of my favorite sites are not listed. (Yes, I know it would be impossible to include even all the best freelance Web sites, but I'm still disappointed.)

Overall, a very good book for beginning freelancers interested in using the Internet to find work. The section on the history of freelancing makes it also worthwhile for established freelance professionals.

Now it's your turn, if you wish. I would be most interested in hearing from you about books that have benefited you in your freelance career. I will share your selections in the next column. Just send an email to freelance@evoicenewsletters.com. Be sure to include the name of the book and author and what freelance career you are pursuing. I look forward to hearing you choices.

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Marilyn Crain

Marilyn Crain is a freelance writer with an extensive background in human resources, information systems and performance improvement. Most of her writing has been in these business fields, but she is now expanding her horizons into other areas.

She has had a lifelong love of reading and writing. Among her many passions is sharing history with children through her developing series of children's historical fiction soon to be out on www.ezetta.com.

She is a partner in the e-newsletter/e-marketing site evoicenewsletters, as well as, the soon to be launched eZetta.com, author's site devoted to e-book publishing and decodiva.com, a site filled with beautiful living resources. She is co-publisher of two newsletters, The eVoice and The Freelance Life. You may contact her: marilyn@smartwriters.com.

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