Resources: Books

In addition to the titles in the Restaurant.org Store, we've partnered with Amazon.com to bring you a wide range of books about what it takes to run a restaurant.

• Starting a Restaurant	• General Business and Financing Guides	• Starting a bar
• Management	• Service	• Restaurant Design
• Restaurant marketing	• Food safety	• Catering
• Franchising	• Restaurant/food history	• Food dictionaries/encyclopedias
• Restaurant careers

"Franchising" books on Amazon.com

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Franchising
James H. Amos, Jr. Royersford, PA: Alpha, 2005

How Much Can I Make?
Robert E. Bond Source Book Publications, 2006

How to Buy a Franchise, 2nd ed.
James A. Meaney Naperville, IL: Sphinx Publishing, 2004

The Franchise Bible: How to Buy a Franchise or Franchise Your Own Business
Erwin Keup Newburgh, NY: Entrepreneur Press, 2004

Franchising & Licensing: Two Powerful Ways to Grow Your Business in Any Economy
Andrew J. Sherman New York: American Management Association, 2003

Ultimate Book of Restaurant and Food Service Franchises
Rieva Lesonsky Newburgh, NY: Entrepreneur Press, 2005

The 2005 Franchise Annual
Edward Dixon and Lisa Carpenter (eds.) Information Press, 2005

The Franchise Handbook
Robert Hayes Ocala, FL: Atlantic Publishing Company, 2006

Minority Franchise Guide
Robert E. Bond Source Book Publications, 2005

Bond's Franchise Guide
Robert E. Bond Source Book Publications, 2006

Fundamentals of Franchising, 2nd ed.
Rupert M. Barkoff Chicago: American Bar Association, 2005