Book excerpt: Fundamentals for Factors: How You Can Make Large Returns in Small Receivables, introduces the reader to the basic concepts of factoring. Fundamentals describes what factoring is, how it works, businesses which can benefit, the remarkable returns possible, risks involved, and how to minimize those risks. It helps the reader define the meaning of “success,” whether factoring is an appropriate move for his or her circumstances, and closes with a look at four small factors who enter the field from very diverse backgrounds, with quite different purposes.