Which books do you recomend?

Kate989589

Hi, I'm looking into buying my next set of books for level 3. My college does provide some but you're not allowed to write in them etc, so I like getting my own.

For level 2 I used mostly BPP, and did find there were quite a few errors in them, particularly the online question bank. Though it hasnt totally deterred me and I was considering going with these again. But I saw Kaplan do tutorial/workbook combined, are these as thorough?

Which would you recommend? My tutor also told me that Osbourne has a lot of errors and that the college stopped using them for this reason.

katsutlieff

I have used both BPP and Osborne and must say I personally prefer Osborne. I can't say I have come across any errors in the books, I am using the olds standards still.

It all comes down to personal choice really and which layout you prefer.
If you are buying your own books look on ebay and amazon I recently purchased a second hand new standards on Amazon for £6 that way you could probably afford to buy more than one book

I have also found the Frank Woods Business Accounting invaluable,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Business-Accounting-v-Frank-Wood/dp/0273681494/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1308168907&sr=8-2
for when the workbooks are being too vague which sometimes happens

janwal

Our college are switching to BPP next year for level 3 as we used Kaplan for level 2 and there were errors, they did post corrections on the engage site and I actually found them easy to follow and it did help that they were combined and they are cheaper than BPP.

Nia

I think all the publishers had lots of errors in their books this year, due to switching to the new standards. We used Kaplan this year and tbh I wasn't that keen. Apparently Osborne are much better. I don't know about BPP.....

Amie1977

I bought the Osborne Accounts Prep I and II Sole trader Tutorial and Workbook from Amazon and then went on to Osbourne books website to download the errata sheet - Only 4-5 errors in the books which I thought was reasonable and so easy to just write in the book the corrections.
I was with HLC for Level 2 and the Osbourne books are looking so much more professional and I like the short chapters with activities after each chapter to get to firm up what you have just read/learnt. However, will probably study Level 3 with Kaplan so I can just purchase each unit as I want to sit them.

So much down to personal preference!