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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Second Life®: Making Money in the Metaverse

Entrepreneurs_guide_to_second_life By Daniel Terdiman

Published by Wiley, November 07

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Second Life gives readers an in-depth look at businesses and other economic opportunities in Second Life, explaining the business operations of each, and showing readers how to identify, develop, launch, and profit from their own business. Written by an award-winning author and Second Life expert with deep ties to the business community, The Entrepreneur's Guide to Second Life begins with an overview of the virtual world and its flourishing economy as well as the challenges it presents to entrepreneurs...

A virtual business basics chapter discusses important features of all successful Second Life businesses, including marketing and advertising avenues. The following chapters discuss how to plan, start, and successfully run such businesses as real estate, clothing and accessory creation, construction and landscaping, adult opportunites, music and video production, art creation, and building and running entertainment venues. More esoteric opportunities - machinima, news media and blogging, working for other content creators, currency speculation, and more are also explored.

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Second Life also features interviews with successful Second Life entrepreneurs, sidebars discussing practical considerations in each field, and useful resources for anyone who wishes to operate a successful, profitable business in Second Life.

Entrepreneurs_guide_to_second_life_ About the author
Daniel Terdiman (San Francisco) is an award-winning CNET reporter who has been covering Second Life since 2003 and spearheaded the project to launch a news bureau in-world, helping CNET become the first mainstream news organization with a permanent presence there. He is recognized as a leading Second Life and virtual worlds expert whose work has appeared everywhere from The New York Times to Wired Magazine to BoingBoing.net. Daniel is also a frequent speaker at such conferences as Game Developers Conference, the Austin Games Conference, South by Southwest, Webzine, and others.

Paperback Original; £15.99/22.60 EUR; ISBN: 978-0-470-17914-7

To request a review copy, compeition copies or an author interview please contact:
Alicia Barker - E: abarker@wiley.co.uk, P: 01243 770573
 

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