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Best IGNOU Help Book Comparison: This blog is a complete guide for Students who are pursuing Degree Programs from IGNOU- India Gandhi National Open University through distance mode. If you are doing a course from IGNOU, you must be looking for IGNOU Help Books. because there are very limited study materials available for IGNOU Exam Preparation.

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Difference between IGNOU Text Books & IGNOU Guide Books or Help-books?

In general, IGNOU provides textbooks to every student based on the syllabus however sometimes there is a stock shortage at IGNOU. Also, the exam preparation is not easy from these textbooks because these textbooks provide detailed (lengthy) lesions. which are not so easy to mug up with.

Keeping these challenges in mind some publications provide IGNOU guidebooks.

Ignou Guidebooks are also popular as Ignou Help books or Ignou Reference Books.

These Helpbook are completely based on Ignou Syllabus. These guide books will be in a simple question-and-answer format. Short, Medium and Long Answers are given in these Help Books which are good and easy to prepare for exams. Previous solved papers may also be included in these reference books.

Type of IGNOU Help Books / Guide Books Available?

Students, there are not many options available in the market for this segment. There are two or three major Publications that are in Ignou Guide Book Publishing. The first one is Neeraj Publications and Second One is Gullibaba Publication House, both are based in Delhi. Some regional publications may also be publishing the guide books for IGNOU but those are not much popular yet.

Both of these publications claim to have their own expert panel to prepare the guide books. Based on the IGNOU Syllabus and examination pattern.

Now let’s talk about which one among these two publications leading the edge in student review-

Best IGNOU Help Book Comparison-

This is a little tough question however based on the student’s experience and rating the Guide Books offered by Neeraj Publications takes lead on Gullibaba. There are a few points below to be noticed before purchasing IGNOU Help Books from these Publications-

Age of the Publications: Neeraj Publications is older than Gullibaba Publications house hence it has more experience.

Updated Syllabus: Both the Publications provide Guide Books on the base of the Latest IGNOU Syllabus.

Popular among Students: Neeraj IGNOU Books are more popular among the students than GPH IGNOU Books. Neeraj Publication covers 60% market where GPH reaches hardly 40% of students.

Writing & Language: Neeraj Publication Books are written in the easiest form compared to GPH. Easier to understand and easier to learn. However, some students are fond of Gullibaba Books and they demand only GPH books.

Previous Year’s Solved Paper: Neeraj Provides a maximum of 8 years old paper (Solved) while GPH provides Previous 10 Years’ Question papers but only a few are Solved.

Paper Quality: Neeraj Books are in A4 size format and use white paper with good quality whereas Gullibaba Publication House offers a shorter book format. Paper quality is lesser than the one Neeraj uses. Neeraj Help Books carry more weight whereas GPH Books are lightweight.

Price Comparison: The most important factor is price.  when comparing prices for both the publication’s guide books we find that Neeraj Publication offers more competitive rates than Gullibaba Publication. Prices are higher in GPH with a difference of Rs. 10 to 25.

Conclusion:

With the above comparison, we tried to provide you with the brief details about the IGNOU Help Books available in the market however it depends on your personal choice and behaviour to decide and buy a good book for you, you may take the advice of your ex-colleague for a reference to make you findyourbooks with ease.

According to our analysis we will rate Neeraj Books 8/10 and We will rate GPH Books 7/10