Ever had a great idea, but didn't know how to turn it into a money-making reality? Whether your notion is for a film, song, book, business, or gadget, this volume will help you transform it from a dream into solid success and cold cash.Business consultant Bob Coleman, author of The New Small Business Survival Guide, and patent, trademark, and copyright lawyer Deborah Neville explain in detail the five steps to turning your idea into an income. They show you how to secure the legal rights to your idea, develop it to the point where others will invest in it, promote it effectively, defend it legally and financially, and - best of all - profit by making the right deals.Learn to tap your ideas to power success that will change your life. See how people just like you followed the five steps to creative prosperity. From the welfare mother who became a best-selling author, to the college student who invented the waterbed, successful Americans come in every form and from every background. You can be one of them. How do you get an industrial designer to turn your bare idea into a marketable product? How do you build a recipe into a business? How do you get your art into a gallery or your songs into the hands of a top record producer? How do you land free TV advertising, get a patent, or find a great literary agent? Buy this book and find out. Read Less