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@@ -287,6 +287,47 @@ Euro=DM 0.75
 This is a roundabout way of reporting AAPL shares in their Deutsch
 Mark equivalent.
 
+@section Accounts and Inventories
+
+Since @code{ledger}'s accounts and commodity system is so flexible,
+you can have accounts that don't really exist, and use commodities
+that no one else recognizes.  For example, let's say you are buying
+and selling various items in EverQuest, and want to keep track of them
+using a ledger.  Just add items of whatever quantity you wish into
+your EverQuest account:
+
+@example
+9/29  Get some stuff at the Inn
+    Places:Black's Tavern                   -3 Apples
+    Places:Black's Tavern                   -5 Steaks
+    EverQuest:Inventory
+@end example
+
+Now your EverQuest:Inventory has 3 apples and 5 steaks in it.  The
+amounts are negative, because you are taking @emph{from} Black's
+Tavern in order to credit your Inventory account.  Note that you don't
+have to use ``Places:Black's Tavern'' as the source account.  You
+could use ``EverQuest:System'' to represent the fact that you acquired
+them online.  The only purpose for choosing one kind of source account
+over another is for generate more informative reports later on.  The
+more you know, the better analysis you can perform.
+
+If you later sell some of these items to another player, the entry
+would look like:
+
+@example
+10/2  Sturm Brightblade
+    EverQuest:Inventory                     -2 Steaks
+    EverQuest:Inventory                     15 Gold
+@end example
+
+Now you've turned 2 steaks into 15 gold, courtesy of your customer,
+Sturm Brightblade.
+
+Note that if you're playing on a system where ``Gold'' is the standard
+currency, you should use the @samp{-D} flag to tell @code{ledger} that
+that is the default commodity.
+
 @chapter Using @code{ledger}
 
 @chapter Computing Huqúqu'lláh