MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Financial Accounting

This product is not properly advertised. The online code is not included and this is not what I need. This is a waste of money and I am very disappointed that the store is not clear regarding what is being sold. I would like to return this. However I cannot find a way to do so. I need to repurchase this product from a different retailer to get what i need. As this was almost $200 and is useless, I am very unhappy and will not purchase another ebook from the store again.

This excellent book. The examples in the book and in the accounting lab is well designed and thought out.
This book can be used by anyone who do not attend accounting class. You'll need to devote lots to time and energy.

Although the book arrived in a decent amount of time, and was free of defects, it was improperly packaged. It was shipped in a flat rate pouch that was too small for the book. As a result the envelope was stretched beyond it's normal size and tape was used to hold it all together. Although it was delivered, it required me to pay an additional $11. I give it 1 stars since deliver was in a fair amount of time and it arrived in good condition, but I had to pay extra for actual delivery - on top of what I paid to seller at time of sale for delivery

The item description should not say "book name" PLUS NEW MYACCOUNTINGLAB WITH ETEXT-- I ordered this book and did not receive the NEW MYACCOUNTING LAB included. I understand the book was used which is fine, but there was no NEW lab included.If I just wanted the book I would have purchased it seperately for much cheaper and not have taken the "chance" on getting the NEW MYACCOUNTING LAB and purchased that seperately also. Disappointed and wasted money.

I order new loose leaf book with access code; instead I receive an old used book in a folder. I'm really p*ss off! 1st the store mess up my first shipment lost the package in the mail and now this . MY CLASS STARTED A WEEK AGO AND NOW I HAVE A TEST THIS THURSDAY WITH NO ACCESS CODE. (WHAT THE H*LL IS RECYCLE.COM?)THIS THE ABSOULTE LAST TIME I ORDER FROM the store.com!!!I demand a refund and return label ASAP!!!

great book, very understandable. arrived on time and in a good condition. the only problem was my teacher is using the old 8th edition so I could have saved some money and purchased the 8th but it still works.

Bought the book NEW. No access code inside. That's the only reason I bought it new. State that it doesn't come with the access code if you're selling it as "new". Now I get to pay $50 more to join the site.

Bought the book NEW. No access code inside. That's the only reason I bought it new. State that it doesn't come with the access code if you're selling it as "new". Now I get to pay $50 more to join the site.

I was nervous about starting a graduate level accounting class, so I bought two other financial accounting textbooks at used bookstores in order to prepare for this class, and I'm glad I did because they explained more about the topic than this book - which was the required book for the class. This text does a great job of making a boring and difficult subject even more confusing and frustrating. The My Accounting Lab is a mess, and a lot of the quizzes contain material from later chapters and take hours to find the information for. The eText Pages option during quizzes and homework take you to pages that don't actually cover the material they're supposed to, and my professor actually stopped using My Accounting Lab a third of the way through the semester because the class was having so many difficulties and the help line didn't provide solutions. By far my worst experience with a text book and online lab!

A note to the people complaining about not received the access code when buying used: used books generally don't come with access to the online labs. Some texts have free websites to accompany their books, but they won't specify having to use an access code to get into those sites. Access code = limited access to those who pay a bunch of money for new editions and codes.

Please do everything you can to not support this book. The hard copy as a loose leaf basically makes it worthless after you are done making it impossible to sell. All their assignments are done through a website the costs $100 to get access to. If you absolutely have to buy it you have to do what you have to do. I would understand if maybe the world of accounting was completely overhauled since the 9th edition came out but everyone knows that didn't happen. Its people like this that are making our education system tail spin into the dumps because no one can afford it. Its criminal.

The book "Financial Accounting" gives a very good overview of the technique of financial accounting, but falls short on the analysis port.

The good: The book starts with the basics and builds up on the covered material. I did like the writing style and the book is easy to read. The basic concepts (are there really concepts in financial accounting?) are carefully introduced step by step, illustrated with simple examples and
backed up by extracts from real financial reports. Every chapter contains one or more mid-chapter and end-of-chapter summary problems (with answers) and an extensive set of exercises for each chapter.

The bad: There are several aspects of this text I didn't like too much. Although the book covers the basics, it is often kept too simple. While this is ideal for the first learning experience, a lot of real life problems are left uncovered. You will get an overview, but your far from being an accountant after the lecture of this book.
The financial statements presented in the book do not follow a common pattern. There are a gazillion different cash flow examples and none look alike (ok, maybe to an accountant, but certainly not to me). Following the style and purpose of the book, more care should have been taken in structuring the statements.
While I liked the extensive set of exercises, I was annoyed that no solutions are provided. A solution manual is available to teachers, but this contains a lot of errors.
The section on analyzing financial reports is way too brief and should probably omitted completely. There are better texts covering this issue in depth.

And the ugly: This thing is way too expensive. The binding is rather cheap, my copy started to fall apart after 2 month (or did I just have to learn harder than the average Joe?).
The CD provided with the book is neither bad nor good. Just useless. Excel files with the data for all exercises would have been far better than the provided material.

Overall, the book gives a good introduction to financial accounting, but there are too many issues to make it a really recommendable choice.

I have quite a few stylistic complains about the book (banal writing, useless/unclear examples, etc.)- and particularly the copyediting- and honestly such excellent authors could do better. I'm quite serious about those shortcomings, but some interesting innovations make this a decent purchase.

Although the organization is bizarre and strained at times, the book actually does present a considerable sprawl of material that's very empowering. Clear, straightforward organization and features are standard for accounting books in this century and I expected as much; however, interested students can reach much farther througha close reading.

As suggested above, the content is very succinct. (Where it is not drawn-out ad infinitum by trite, spurious illustrations or examples, that is.) You can obtain a satisfactory mastery of the material by reading and re-reading, but it is actually very short and quick to read. Uninteresting parts pass quickly, and interesting ones deliver the goods right up front. (Similarly, the exercises and problems given are SUPERB and convey excellent hands-on experience with the concepts in a minimum of time and effort.)

The early chapters are quite bland, but the middle and late chapters make up for it. As stated initially, the book introduced a great variety of terms and concepts that open up numerous vistas within accounting- factoring, equity classification as debt, capitalization structure, earnings-per-share pressure and management, and consolidation accounting, for instance- making the trappings of the business world easy and familiar.

Truly, this book helped me see why accounting is called "the language of business." If only the publisher was more concerned with the language of language; concepts are indeed excellently rendered but copyediting, sparse glossary and key word banks, wrong answers to exercises, and mysterious omissions or vagueries did leave a good deal to be desired.

I think I liked Wygandt, Kimmel, & Kieso's better but this one is quite good and actually a great pick for the busy learner on-the-go.

BONUS: this is probably the only accounting textbook I've ever seen with a somewhat-relevant picture on the front (albeit abstractly relevant); so many portray either extreme sports or cityscapes it's amazing.

What I like about the Horngren Series is the practicality of it. This series still manages to usually hold the number of pages down to about 100 less than its quite excellent major competitors (Weygandt-Kieso-Kimmel, Wild-Larson-Chiappetta, and Stickey-Weil-Schipper-Francis). It's still a large-dimension hardcover and this Horngren book has 840 pages. That's plenty of space for one course, and Horngren provides more than enough easy-access online materials as well.

Horngren is mainly used by university students although Weygandt-Kieso-Kimmel have gained market share. But Horngren also recognizes that most financial accountants do not need an accounting degree. They need to understand accounting and know how to do their specific jobs. In fact, I've long noticed the small ratio of accountants working in accounting departments that actually have accounting degrees. For them, the Horngren Series is well-designed. But it still serves the needs of college students.

Horngren places emphasis on the accounting cycle. In doing so, this textbook covers the actual job duties within an accounting department quite efficiently. That's why I also purchase Horngren Series books. I purchase them for staff as well as additional resource material to help me prepare when I teach accounting courses at the university level. Because if its special niche and top-notch editing, I would expect this series to last through many more editions.

I bought this book for my Financial Accounting class at UF. The teacher went over the same concepts as the book, however the book did a much better job in explaining them. It explains the concepts clearly and with great examples that spread across a whole chapter so that you can build upon what you learn step by step. I would recommend it for anyone who doesn't know anything about financial accounting. If you know are knowledgeable in the subject you might want to get something that will go a little deeper into the subject. The reason I am giving it 4 stars instead of 5 is because I do not find the subject to be incredibly interesting, however it accomplishes its goal.

Aside from the fact that accounting is the most driest subject ever, this book is horrid. I'm a visual learner, and the panels don't include all the real life scenarios. The real life scenarios are listed in the text; however there should have also been a visual to show what it means in terms of physically doing accounting. Accounting is based on filling out balance sheets, income sheets, etc., so it stands to reason that we should be able to see an example of how to correctly fill out these reports.

Also, the book and MAL (my accounting lab) has some discrepancies. How can you learn when the book does it one way, and then the software that accompanies the book does it another. This is ONE HOT MESS! Fail - as in F - for the book and supplement.

My accounting lab is trash and an absolute scam. I've never spent so much time on assignments and learned so little. Hardly anything that is taught by the professors coincides with the homework that they are forced to assign through MyAccountingScam. Good luck finding a professor who doesn't use Pearson since they have a monopoly on the textbook market.

For anyone who is having diffculty grasping the jist of accounting, this book is an excellent tool to help you grasp the important concepts of the subject. Not only does it summarize each chapter for easy understanding, this workbook also offers many hands-on exercises relative to each chapter for the student to practice the material. This book is a great addition to the text, and a must have for students having problems with accounting.

I bought this book to better understand Financial Accounting. This book is loaded with errors. The end of chapter problems do not balance correctly. I had a CPA do the same problems, and he came up with the exact same totals as me!
Another annoying thing to point out is that the book only gives answers to a small select random of problems. Of course they are the easier ones. I would love to get answers/explanations on the incorrect ones. I have written emails, and none have been responded. I am not suprised...

This textbook is really bad. Not very informative at all comparing it to other financial accounting books. It gives very broad descriptions and definitions that make it feel more like a grammar school book than a college-level. I was very unhappy that my professor assigned my class with this book. If you do not need to buy it, please don't, it's horrible.

Great price and great seller! These authors are hard to follow. The equations need to be spelled out and taught in a more practical way. Instead, every chapter starts with a new business and new problems when you are trying to learn new concepts. Not recommended

This book was a requirement for the Financial Accounting class in my MBA course. I was put off by the price but found it is worth every penny. The overall layout is very logical, each chapter has numerous 'real world' examples and ends with more sample problems than you could ever hope to solve. 'Check Figure' partial solutions are provided in one of several useful appendices.
I started out knowing absolutely nothing about accounting, now I have a firm foundation thanks more to this excellent book than my professor ...
I will never sell this book

I am currently taking an Accounting class with this book and I think it is great. It is easy to understand. It is very straight and to the point. It gives you plenty of real world examples from real companies and their financial reports (which makes it a lot more interesting than other Accounting books...) Also the store.com is great and I have always had great experiences with the store.com.