Really?

[xp_topaz]

Is there actually a difference between the 9th edition and 10th edition of a textbook? Because the 10th edition is about 400 dollars at the NYU bookstore and the 9th edition is fifty dollars on Amazon and I know which one I personally would prefer.

I know this is going to sound weird coming from me, but no book is worth 400 dollars.

Comments

[x-barrier.livejournal.com]

Depends on the class. Different homework for things like physics and chemistry. Kind of a scam. I used to just go look at the copies of the new books on reserve at the library.

[x-topaz.livejournal.com]

It's an intro to Psychology class. I can't imagine too much has changed between 2013 and 2016?

[x-barrier.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you're probably fine. Take extra notes on anything that sounds weird or unfamiliar.

[x-trance.livejournal.com]

Seriously? Four hundred dollars?

And I thought I was feeling ripped of with a political science textbook for 150 with the earlier edition much cheaper... But no... they had to change the examples in the book.

[x-topaz.livejournal.com]

The cost of understanding the human mind, I suppose

[x-trance.livejournal.com]

Does take a bit of the fun out of it, doesn't it?

[x-invisiblegirl.livejournal.com]

I have a professor who makes us buy his book on Linear Control Systems, even though we only spent a few sessions talking about it before moving on.It was on the exam though...not sure how I feel about that.

[xp-darcy.livejournal.com]

Textbook market is a HUGE scam. For a non-math/science class you can probably get away with the old edition, although if your prof gives page/chapter assignments stuff may be organized differently. If you have homework from the book, def worth looking at most current edition (either another student or library copies).