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That's the 5th edition for $18. The 7th edition is $180!
by lancefisher 10y ago
That's the 5th edition for $18. The 7th edition is $180!
- throwaway729 10y agoSo buy the 5th edition. One of the perks of being able to self learn is that these sorts of revenue models don't impact you :-) Edit: I've used Gallian. Not sure what's in the 7th edition but the 5th is perfectly good.
- __jal 10y agoIf it is like other edition changes, you can expect about four typo-fixes, a new sticker on the shrink wrap, a 7-10% price increase, and a single-use code for online tools that make the professor's life easier. Every third edition, a "new and expanded" final chapter and an intro change, and a 20% price bump. I used to date a textbook marketing manager. It was a joke internally, too.
- jcranmer 10y agoYou forgot the part where you rearrange the questions so that students have to get the latest edition to be able to get the correct question 2 on their assignment.
- MaysonL 10y agoI used to read textbooks for Reading For the Blind and Dyslexic, and in a number of cases I found that the solutions in the back of the book were not for the same exercises in the front. Somebody had rearranged the exercises, but not the solutions.
- CalChris 10y agoYeah, Stewart Calculus is $285 but you use it for 3 semesters. I still have my copy.
- jinfiesto 10y agoIt's also bad.