Announcing the release of the book that will make you laugh as much as it makes you think. Read more at http://happyabout.info/prosper/

Cupertino, CA - February 6, 2007

Small groups of people have been coming together to lend each other money for many centuries. While people-to-people lending still flourishes in many parts of the world today, people in the United States have come to rely largely on banks and credit cards for their lending and borrowing needs.

The Internet has made it possible for people-to-people lending to re-emerge on a mass scale. Prosper Marketplace, Inc. opened its doors to the public in 2006 specifically to eliminate the middleman in these lending and borrowing transactions. But lending has become a lost art. Lenders need to have adequate knowledge and preparation when entering this new marketplace.

"Happy About People-To-People Lending With Prosper.com" provides a roadmap for lenders who want to help out other people by lending them money through the Prosper marketplace. By using the conservative investment approach outlined in this book, lenders can better manage the risks associated with lending money to friends they’ve never met.

This book is written for investors and lenders who do not have a background in consumer finance, yet who wish to participate in this new form of interpersonal finance. It describes how to become a passive lender on Prosper.com by using standing orders to automate the process of finding and bidding on unsecured loan requests. The author's primary goal is to enable small-time lenders to be able to earn a second income from employing some of their risk capital.

Key stats on "Happy About People-To-People Lending With Prosper.com: How to Lend Money to Friends You've Never Met"

• Title: "Happy About People-To-People Lending With Prosper.com"
  
• Subtitle: "How to Lend Money to Friends You've Never Met"
  
• Author: Roger Steciak
  
• Date of Publication: January 23, 2007
  
• Price: Paperback $19.95, eBook $11.95
  
• ISBN: Paperback: 1-60005-037-9 (978-1-60005-037-4)
• ISBN: eBook: 1-60005-038-7 (978-1-60005-038-1)
  
• Library of Congress Control Number: 2007921284
  
• The book is available in eBook and paperback formats at http://happyabout.info/prosper/ and bookstores everywhere.
  
• Grab an image of the cover: http://happyabout.info/affiliates/prosper.php

About the Author
Roger Steciak has been lending on Prosper.com since the summer of 2006. He has a background in engineering, business, and law, with over three decades of experience working in the high technology field and over a decade of experience with investing in non-correlated asset classes to minimize the risks and maximize the returns of his investment portfolio.

About Happy About®
Happy About® books deliver wisdom. Our books are smaller, compact, high-impact reads that are typically 80-150 pages and are delivered in paperback, eBook, or podbook format. Visit Happy About (http://happyabout.info/) for more info. For quantity discounts, feel free to contact the publisher: Mitchell Levy mitchell.levy@happyabout.info - 408-257-3000

Press Copies
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