The Complete Idiot's Guide to Barter and Trade Exchanges

Jerry Howell has been the president of Midwest Business Exchange since 1980. He earned a BA in political science from Michigan State University in 1975 and then managed the sales staff at WBUK Radio for the next five years. Howell is an expert on bartering and exchanges between different businesses.

Tom Chmielewski is a freelance writer, editor, and journalist for TEC Publishing LLC, Encore magazine, and The Atlantic. He has covered subjects such as higher eductation, the arts, politics, the environment, and business. In addition to his nonfiction writing, Chmielewski is the author of the science-fiction novel Lunar Dust, Martian Sands and the audio science-fiction drama Shalbatana Solstice.