Book excerpt: Shoestring Business Guides: Starting a Web Design Business will show you everything you need to know to start your own web design and hosting business. Written by a serial entrepreneur, veteran web designer, and all-around "computer geek", this book will cover the most important information you need to consider when starting your own web design business. Starting a Web Design Business is filled with practical, useful information sure to get your new business off to a good start.Starting a Web Design Business does not cover the specifics of coding in HTML, CSS, or scripting languages. There are many good books that cover these particular topics. Starting a Web Design Business focuses instead on the specifics or starting and running the business from the perspective of someone who has done exactly this.In the time since the first edition of this book was originally published (2009), some of the material has become dated - particularly some of the references to software. Nonetheless, there is still a lot of valid and useful material in this little book. The price of this first edition has been discounted as much as possible in an effort to be fair to readers.