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Just for fun, I clicked on the link and looked for SICP. Amazon gave me a price of $115.44. If you look at the bottom, you'll see a link for the same book, on

Just for fun, I clicked on the link and looked for SICP. Amazon gave me a price of $115.44. If you look at the bottom, you'll see a link for the same book, only Amazon is selling it for $69.34! What is the difference between the two? The links are: $115.44 : http://www.amazon.com/Structure-Interpretation-Computer-Programs-Second/dp/0070004846/ http://www.amazon.com/Structure-Interpretation-Computer-Prog... $69.34 : http://www.amazon.com/Structure-Interpretation-Computer-Programs-Engineering/dp/0262011530 http://www.amazon.com/Structure-Interpretation-Computer-Prog... Aside from price, the only difference that I can make out is that the cover for the more expensive version is a lighter shade of blue. What it looks like is that Amazon is charging a lot more if you buy SICP as a textbook rather than as a regular book.

stse 17y ago
Different editions and publishers, McGraw-Hill vs The MIT Press.
- rglovejoy 17y ago
  No, they're both the same book: both are second edition, with the same number of pages. Each page even has the same reviews (note reviews by Peter Norvig and pg). The only differences are the price and the ISBNs.
  - hga 17y ago
    Indeed, as you note the ISBNs are different. The market is officially divided between the two publishers, one has US, the other the rest of the world. As a side note it's all online and under a Create Commons license....
  - stse 17y ago
    I didn't mean edition as in revision. It might be the exact same book, the barcode might be different or whatever. Amazon lists them the same way if you do a regular search.
throw_away 17y ago
they are by two different publishers (one is mcgraw-hill, the other by mit press). IIRC, there were shortened versions of the books published as well---as some schools didn't cover all the material (cal didn't cover chapter 5), but both of these match the pagecount of my full 5 chapter copy. I think that it's just a difference of publisher.
waterlesscloud 17y ago
I looked at the "computer science" section from the left menu, and the top of the list was The Great Gatsby. That must be for the future financial engineers?
trin_ 17y ago
thats expensive ... i paid 30€ for my version ... new

stse 17y ago

Different editions and publishers, McGraw-Hill vs The MIT Press.

rglovejoy 17y ago
No, they're both the same book: both are second edition, with the same number of pages. Each page even has the same reviews (note reviews by Peter Norvig and pg). The only differences are the price and the ISBNs.
- hga 17y ago
  Indeed, as you note the ISBNs are different. The market is officially divided between the two publishers, one has US, the other the rest of the world. As a side note it's all online and under a Create Commons license....
- stse 17y ago
  I didn't mean edition as in revision. It might be the exact same book, the barcode might be different or whatever. Amazon lists them the same way if you do a regular search.

throw_away 17y ago

they are by two different publishers (one is mcgraw-hill, the other by mit press). IIRC, there were shortened versions of the books published as well---as some schools didn't cover all the material (cal didn't cover chapter 5), but both of these match the pagecount of my full 5 chapter copy. I think that it's just a difference of publisher.

waterlesscloud 17y ago

I looked at the "computer science" section from the left menu, and the top of the list was The Great Gatsby. That must be for the future financial engineers?

trin_ 17y ago

thats expensive ... i paid 30€ for my version ... new