I was very disappointed with this book. Having taught myself how to use Quickbooks with only the help files for assistance, I'd hoped to get more detail and insight from the book. However I found most of the awkward areas were too specific to the US market, and to date I haven't discovered a topic which isn't better explained in the help files. However, I will concede that a new user would probably feel more confident starting out if they had the book beside them, with its comments on entries which can be changed at a later date if necessary, so not to worry too much.