Publications are listed in alphabetical order by title.

Title: Art Biz (The) : The Covert World of Collectors, Dealers, Auction Houses, Museums, and Critics Author/Editor: Alice Goldfarb Marquis Description: Reveals the hype, hypocrisy, greed, manipulation and secrecy that takes place in the contemporary art world. Publisher: Contemporary Books Publication Date: 1991

Title: Artists' Survival Manual (The): A Complete Guide to Marketing Your Work Author/Editor: Toby Judith Klayman and Cobbett Steinberg Description: Desktop edition. Revised edition. See "Preparing to Negotiate with Dealers" and "Questions to Ask Your Gallery." Publisher: Klayman/Branchcomb Publication Date: 1996 Email: tobykcrete@aol.com URL: www.klaymanart.com/mybook/index.html

Title: Framed. Hollywood's Dealer to the Stars Tells All. Author/Editor: Ted Volpe Description: A blow-by-blow chronicle of the rise and fall of international art dealer Tod Volpe who, at the height of his success, had a star-studded Hollywood clientele. Volpe details how his life spiraled out of control in the 1990s and erupted in the scandalous fraud accusations that earned him two- years in federal prison. This detailed probe into the shadowy world of art dealing exposes how high culture and civility conceal boardroom swindling, illegal price fixing, and money laundering. Publisher: ECW Press Publication Date: 2003

Title: High Art Down Home: An Economic Ethnography of a Local Art Market Author/Editor: Stuart Plattner Description: Examines the social and economic factors that govern art markets outside of New York, and explains the conundrums and paradoxes of the art world. Publisher: University of Chicago Press Publication Date: 1997

Title: How to Start and Run a Commercial Art Gallery Author/Editor: Edward Winkleman Description: by Edward Winkleman. New York: Allworth Press, 2009). Although written for the art gallery world and those considering opening a gallery, many aspects the book will be of interest to those artists who want to sell work primarily out of their studio. It will provide a reality check to artists who are represented by galleries to better understand how a successful gallery should be run and the types of services artists should receive from a gallery. Written by a New York art dealer. Publisher: Allworth Press Publication Date: 2009

Title: How to Survive & Prosper as an Artist. Selling Yourself without Selling Your Soul Author/Editor: Caroll Michels Description: Revised edition. Written by a career coach and artist advocate who created the Artist Help Network. See chapter "Dealing with Dealers and Psyching Them Out." Revised edition. Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Publication Date: 2009 Email: carollmichels@gmail.com URL: www.carollmichels.com

Title: Taking the Leap. Building a Career as a Visual Artist Author/Editor: Cay Lang Description: Revised. See chapter "When Things Begin to Happen." Publisher: Chronicle Books Publication Date: 2006

Web Sites are listed in alphabetical order by title.

Title: How’s My Dealing? Description: A well-organized venting and feedback Blog that invites artists to share their positive and negative direct dealings with galleries, curators, and critics. URL: howsmydealing.blogspot.com