BOND'S FRANCHISE GUIDE -- 1999 Edition, Bond/Thompson, Source Book Publications, 1999. 496 pp. $29.95. Item #1.

The definitive and most comprehensive franchising directory available. Excellent industry overview. Essential starting point for selection process.

Bond's Franchise Guide offers the prospective franchisee a detailed profile of over 1,000 franchises, as well as supplemental data on approximately 1,000 additional listings. The companies are divided into 45 distinct business categories for easy comparison. The data represents the most up-to-date, comprehensive and reliable information about this dynamic industry. The profiles are the result of an exhaustive 40-point questionnaire that details:

Background -- number of operating units, geographic distribution and detailed description of the business.

• Capital requirements -- initial cash investment and total investment, on-going-royalty and advertising fees, staffing levels, space needs, etc.
• Initial training and start-up assistance provided, as well as on-going services.
• Franchisee evaluation criteria.
• Specific areas of geographic expansion -- U.S., Canada and International.
• And much more . .
• Over 2,000 listings, including over 1,100 detailed franchisor profiles resulting from an exhaustive 40-point questionnaire. 54 distinct business categories.