James Dillehay's Biography

James Dillehay has had ten years experience in self-publishing. In 1991, he authored the first marketing guide ever written for fiber artisans called Weaving Profits, hailed as "the blueprint for success in the crafts industry" by The Crafts Report. Quotes about his books.

Author of six books, Dillehay's numerous articles have reached readers of The Crafts Report, Better Homes & Gardens: Crafting for Profit, Sunshine Artist, Ceramics Monthly, Florida Retirement Lifestyles and many more publications. He has been interviewed in Family Circle and Working Mothers magazines. 

In 1996, his book, The Basic Guide to Selling Arts and Crafts, was chosen as the official text of the American Professional Crafters Guild and was included in the training program of the Association of Creative Craft Industries (ACCI).

James is a past member of the advisory board to the National Craft Association and was listed in the 1998 Who's Who of American Entrepreneurs.

In the fall of 2000, he published the first book ever written to help craft artists understand how to successfully promote their work online in, The Basic Guide to Selling Crafts on the Internet. In January 2001, he published Your Guide to Ebook Publishing Success to help writers learn how to make money from epublishing.

James is founder and editor of CraftMarketer.com, one of the most popular web sites for craft business information on the Internet and 00Ebooks.com, an online resource for writers and self-publishers.