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QuickBooks 2012: The Missing Manual--New from O'Reilly Media

Press release: November 9, 2011

QuickBooks 2012: The Missing Manual

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Sebastopol, CA—Your bookkeeping workflow will be smoother and faster with QuickBooks 2012—but only if you spend more time using the program than figuring out how it works. Quickbooks 2012: The Missing Manual (O'Reilly Media, $34.99 USD) puts you in control: you get step-by-step instructions on how and when to use specific features, along with basic accounting advice to guide you through the learning process.

"Running a small business isn't for the faint of heart," says author Bonnie Biafore. "Keeping track of financial records is a must if you're going to figure out how to make a profit and file your business tax return. QuickBooks is one of the most popular programs for doing that.

"But there are two problems: (1) Accounting doesn't come naturally to most people—like me—and you do need to know something about that to keep books. (2) Despite the name of the company that sells it (Intuit), QuickBooks isn't exactly intuitive. So, I took everything I learned about QuickBooks running my own company and then added everything I learned from dozens of accountants and wrote a mostly easy-to-follow, funny book about the program."

The important stuff you need to know:

  • Get started. Set up your accounts, customers, jobs, and invoice items quickly.
  • Manage your business. Track spending, income, invoices, inventory, and payroll.
  • Spend less time on bookkeeping. Use QuickBooks to create invoices or timesheets in batches.
  • Follow the money. Examine everything from billable time and expenses to year-end tasks.
  • Find key info quickly. Rely on QuickBooks’ vendor, customer, inventory, and employee centers.
  • Exchange data with other programs. Move data between QuickBooks and Microsoft Office.

For a review copy or more information please email gretchen@oreilly.com. Please include your delivery address and contact information.

About the Author

Bonnie Biafore is a Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 20 year's experience helping clients, large and small, make project management excellence part of their business strategies. She is the author of 20 books about project management, investing, personal finance, Microsoft Project, QuickBooks, and other software programs.

View Bonnie Biafore's full profile page.

Additional Resources
For more information about the book, including table of contents, author bios, and cover graphic, see: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920015918.do

QuickBooks 2012: The Missing Manual QuickBooks 2012: The Missing Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
By Bonnie Biafore
Print ISBN: 9781449398514   Ebook ISBN: 9781449312558  
Pages: 760
Print Price: $34.99   Ebook Price: $27.99  
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