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- Verified Buyer
Well, accounting is not really my thing, but obviously had to purchase this for a class. The reason this is cheaper than a hardcover book is because it's not bound, which I didn't realize until I received it. On the downside, I made kind of a mess of the pages in the beginning. But on the upside, I was able to put the chapters I knew we were going to be using into a 3-ring binder and carry only what I needed (no lugging around a whole textbook when you only need three chapters). Overall, I would recommend this over the bound version, just be prepared with your binder and a safe place to keep the unused pages so they don't get all out of order! (Also not sure what this will do with resale value, but I will post to update after my class is over)Relatively easy to understand - I'm an English major taking an accounting class (yikes) and so far so good. I've made it up to chapter three without any problems!