franchises

The Unofficial Guide to Opening a Franchise (Unofficial Guides)
$18.99
I am new to the idea of franchising. This unofficial guide gives a different perspective to franchising. There's a lot to think about!!! Great book. I received this book quickly and in the condition as described by the seller.

Tips and Traps When Buying a Franchise: Complete Revised and Updated
$19.95
This book is well structured and well written but is now out of date. After going through some very useful basics on deciding whether franchising is right for you and how to approach franchising, it then focuses on how to read a UFOC. This document has now changed to the FDD, which has a slightly different format than the previous UFOC. The examples are also rather dated. In sum, a good book for its time but I have found up to date books on Franchising to be more useful.

Franchising For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))
$24.99
Good general source of information; however, it is more geared for the franchisee rather than a franchisor. The CD provides some good information and links, along with some generic spreed sheets and budget templates in MS-Excel. It's a decent starting point that covers the basic concepts.

Street Smart Franchising
$19.95
I expected more. Will be looking at other books on the market, but have not yet, so cannot comment on how it compares to others. I was just really looking for less general info (I know what a franchise is) and more specific info to evaluate them.