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Summary: Useless
Review: Almost half of this book has nothing to do with using Quickbooks, and the half that talks about Quickbooks instructions is shallow and almost useless. Every time something confused me when I tried to decide how to use the Quickbooks features, I looked it up in this book. Half the time there was no information, and the rest of the time the information was less helpful than the instructions that appeared on the Quickbooks screen. I ended up calling my accountant so often, he told me buy a book. When I told him I'd already bought this book, he told me to buy the other bestselling book on Quickbooks , which is the one he used. He was right.
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Summary: More Information Than Available Anywhere Else!
Review: Hi, I'm Steve Nelson, the author of the QuickBooks All-in-One Desk Reference. I'm not going to say a bunch about this book. But I did want to say that my whole purpose in writing this book--I'm also the author of QuickBooks for Dummies--was to provide more information about using QuickBooks than is available anywhere else. And this book does exactly that. It's bigger and covers more ground than either the QuickBooks for Dummies book or the Official Guide book. You'll not only read about how to work with QuickBooks in this book... you'll also learn how to use QuickBooks to apply "MBA-style" management techniques to your situation.... using ABC management techniques..., using economic value added analysis..., and so forth. In fact, and this is really no exaggeration, my aim was to make this book, essentially, a "small business" MBA.If you have a question about this book, feel free to email me at steve@stephenlnelson.com. Steve
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Summary: Not Recommended
Review: I am disappointed with this book. The author does not get to the important points, but distracts the readers with unnecessary details. He started off some sections by introducing two methods, recommends one of them and says that he will talk about the other one. But he never did. Unless you have not used a computer for the last few years, you will not learn much from this book.
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Summary: Not Recommended
Review: I am disappointed with this book. The author does not get to the important points, but distracts the readers with unnecessary details. He started off some sections by introducing two methods, recommends one of them and says that he will talk about the other one. But he never did. Unless you have not used a computer for the last few years, you will not learn much from this book.
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Summary: Dog-eared and coffee-stained, for good reason!
Review: I have 4 different books on using QB, including this one. Know what? The book I always finding myself reaching for first is this one!
The chapters 17 thru 21 are an especially nice treat; they are not really QB-specific, (so some might argue that these chapters are "filler"), but they are incredibly interesting ways of looking at your business! Like a said, a nice treat. This is the first book I've found that gave a CLEAR and interesting explanation of double-entry bookkeeping. (It doesn't make sense to learn QB if you don't pick up at least a **little** accounting rules along the way!) The "style" of this book is very friendly, and you'll find it is a very fast read; maybe it's because the explanations about WHY QB does things the way it does MAKES SENSE! Keep up the good work, Mr. Nelson, this book is a gem!
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Summary: Dog-eared and coffee-stained, for good reason!
Review: I have 4 different books on using QB, including this one. Know what? The book I always finding myself reaching for first is this one!
The chapters 17 thru 21 are an especially nice treat; they are not really QB-specific, (so some might argue that these chapters are "filler"), but they are incredibly interesting ways of looking at your business! Like a said, a nice treat. This is the first book I've found that gave a CLEAR and interesting explanation of double-entry bookkeeping. (It doesn't make sense to learn QB if you don't pick up at least a **little** accounting rules along the way!) The "style" of this book is very friendly, and you'll find it is a very fast read; maybe it's because the explanations about WHY QB does things the way it does MAKES SENSE! Keep up the good work, Mr. Nelson, this book is a gem!
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Summary: Useless
Review: I haven't read the book yet, but I just bought it. I read the Mr. Nelson's statement (third reveiw listing) and took him up on his offer to email him with questions. He answered very quickly and was very helpful! I figure that any author that makes himself that available, must really believe in his book. Thanks Steve, appreciate your time.
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Summary: Haven't read the book yet, but emailed Steve & he answered!
Review: I haven't read the book yet, but I just bought it. I read the Mr. Nelson's statement (third reveiw listing) and took him up on his offer to email him with questions. He answered very quickly and was very helpful! I figure that any author that makes himself that available, must really believe in his book. Thanks Steve, appreciate your time.
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Summary: Vague
Review: I need a "Quickbooks 2001 for Dummies for Dummies" book to accompany this one.
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Summary: Incorrect Information
Review: There isn't a lot of good, practical information in this book, because the author spends too much time on non-Quickbooks information and wisecracks. However, when I had a problem, the information in this book was wrong. My bank reconciliation didn't work, and I looked up the solution in this book. The picture of the reconciliation window the author used to explain the problem wasn't the same as the window in Quickbooks. The author's "solution" was to let QuickBooks make a change to my records - which my accountant won't accept. I finally went to a bookstore and found another book, which gave a clear explanation of the problem, how it happened, and how to fix it (it was the QuickBooks Official Guide by Ivens). This book is not only missing important instructions for Quickbooks users, some of the instructions that are in the book are wrong.
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