SBDC gets library to help entrepreneurs to grow their business

Paul and Sarah Edwards, award-winning authors of 17 books with over two million books in print presented over 800 small business books to establish a new library at the Small Business Development Center library for Los Angeles County located in Long Beach. Sarah and Paul are recognized as pioneers in the working from home field.


With the emergence of eBooks, the Edwards have shifted their focus from print to digital books and media.

As a result of the Edwards donation, the library now boasts well-stocked shelves with resources for those to be helped by the Small Business Development Center.

The business books donated by the Edwards cover such topics as business planning, marketing, finance, and how to start specific businesses. Included among the books are those authored by the Edwards, whose work includes Working From Home, the first commercially published book about how to work from home, The Best Home Businesses for People 50+, Finding Your Perfect Work, Getting Business to Come To You, Home-Based Business for Dummies, Secrets of Self-Employment, and their most recent, Middle Class Lifeboat.

The Edwards have updated most of their books for eBooks and they are available in their own Elm Street Library. In addition, their eBooks are distributed as Kindle Books, and through Barnes & Noble, Lightning Source, Overdrive, and Mobi.

“The SBDC is most grateful for the Edwards’ donation of such a valuable and wonderful library to our Business Resource Center,” said Bret O’Connor, Director of the SBDC in Long Beach. “The donation will enable us to provide the resources our clients need.”

The SBDC provides business training and advising to entrepreneurs and small businesses to help them start, grow and succeed.

For more information about the SBDC or to access the Library please contact, Mike Daniel, Client Supervisor, Long Beach Small Business Development Center at (562) 938-5100 or mdaniel@lbcc.edu.


The SBDC hosted by LBCC provides one-on-one counseling, business training seminars in marketing, financing, business start-up, international trade, and procurement programs to small businesses. The Long Beach Small Business Development Center is located at 3447 Atlantic Ave., Suite 205, Long Beach, CA 90808.