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Starting & Running an Online Business
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Internet Riches: The Simple Money-making Secrets of Online MillionairesInternet Riches: The Simple Money-making Secrets of Online Millionaires by Scott Fox
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $9.15
An excellent primer on the basics of running an online business. Highly recommended.
Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords (Ultimate Guide to Google Adwords)Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords (Ultimate Guide to Google Adwords) by Perry Marshall
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $14.47
The best guide around on running a successful pay-per-click advertising campaign.
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd EditionDon't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition by Steve Krug
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $23.09
Easily the best book I've read about how to design a website. Provides an excellent lesson on how to successfully convert your site's visitors into buyers.
Surprisingly Simple: Independent Contractor, Sole Proprietor, and LLC Taxes Explained in 100 Pages or LessSurprisingly Simple: Independent Contractor, Sole Proprietor, and LLC Taxes Explained in 100 Pages or Less by Mike Piper
Buy new: $13.46 / Used from: $17.38
The quickest, easiest way to get a handle on your taxes now that you're self-employed. (Full discloser: I'm the author, so I may be a bit biased.)
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others DieMade to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $13.35
Not necessarily specific to running an online business, but a great read nontheless. Extremely useful for learning how to craft your marketing messages so that potential customers will want to act upon them.
Surprisingly Simple: LLC vs. S-Corp vs. C-Corp Explained in 100 Pages or LessSurprisingly Simple: LLC vs. S-Corp vs. C-Corp Explained in 100 Pages or Less by Mike Piper
Buy new: $13.46
A quick run-through of one of the most important topics when starting a business. (Again, possibly a biased opinion. ;-)