The title of this book caught my eye as I was browsing one day in a local bookstore. I am the devoted owner of a personal computer (a Timex/Sinclair 1000), and constantly use it in the execution of my profession. It is also my belief that the personal computerist can turn his/her machine into the core of a lucrative sideline. Often what prevents people from putting their ideas into money-making practice is a lack of how-to information. Hoping that this book would provide me with some of this information, I bought it.
Although I cannot report that “How to Make Money with Your Microcomputer” has turned me into a millionaire overnight, it has not disappointed me. Practically every page of the book is replete with ideas guaranteed to spark the imagination of the potential computer entrepreneur. Townsend and Miller, both of whom are no strangers to the business end of the microcomputer field, “walk” the reader through virtually every phase of practically every imaginable money-making opportunity in which microcomputers are involved. There is a great deal of variety in their book; chapters range from telling the would-be writer how to publish articles, book reviews, and even books, to operating a service bureau, a computer repair business, and a computer store, to selling software and hardware, to how to sell systems as a consultant.