International edition textbooks

[ChaoZ]

If there a search engine out that where I can type in a ISBN and it tells me if there's an international edition?

 

[Utterman]

I suggest using www.addall.com and searching using the title, author or ISBN to find the cheapest price. Often the cheapest price is the international edition.

 

[BoomerD]

I'm on my laptop so I don't have the links with me, but do a search for international edition textbooks and you'll strike paydirt.

 

[Saint Michael]

Wherever a shady China-man seeks hard American currency, there shall an international edition be.

 

[ric1287]

i <3 internantional textbooks. Softcover and < 50% the cost of the rip-off "American" version. I also enjoy the "warning this book is illegal in the USA!!!!!" label.

 

[BoomerD]

The only problem I've seen with the international versions was last semester, one inatructor's tests said something like:
Answer question 5 on page 243. The one student with the international version didn't have a question 5 on page 243. The page numbers were off by one or two. The instructor refused to help her work around that problem. (he included at least one each test) I think she finally figured it out...but I don't know.
He warned at the start of the semester that previous editions or international editions MIGHT not be exactly the same in areas like that and that he wouldn't work with you if you had one.
Otherwise, for the rest of my classes, a couple of people have used them with no problem.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
The only problem I've seen with the international versions was last semester, one instructor's tests said something like:......

For engineering classes, it can be a pain too, if the rest of the class is using an American book with our archaic English units, but yours is all in metric. I've never tried it, but I've seen it done. The person had to first convert every problem to English units, then solve it. The author was kind enough to use the same measurements (rounded slightly to give nice numbers), so that the answers would still come out about the same when converted.

 

[boomhower]

I have used them for bio classes and it worked out fine. I actually converted several classmates to them after I told them I paid less than half than the cost fo the American version.

 

[tfinch2]

I've done the international edition thing and it's decent, but pages are usually made of newspaper. My fingers would get black when I did my reading.

 

[jai6638]

Doesn't the international shipping cost make it cost the same as the American editions?

 

[theeedude]

Funny thing about an International (Indian) version of a VLSI book I bought. They added some Indian dude to the list of authors, even though it was identical to the US version. The guy even wrote a dedication
Be warned, the ink was nauseous gasoline smelling, and paper is pretty much newspaper thin. I had to air it out by a fan for a week before the fumes dissipated enough to make it readable without getting a headache. It was about 1/4th the price, so I ain't complaining. I read it cover to cover, which helped me ace job interviews and land me a huge raise

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: BoomerD
The only problem I've seen with the international versions was last semester, one instructor's tests said something like:......

For engineering classes, it can be a pain too, if the rest of the class is using an American book with our archaic English units, but yours is all in metric. I've never tried it, but I've seen it done. The person had to first convert every problem to English units, then solve it. The author was kind enough to use the same measurements (rounded slightly to give nice numbers), so that the answers would still come out about the same when converted.

WHat kind of engineering doesn't have formulas in Metric, anyways? I don't think I ever used imperial units in any engineering or physics class..

With that said, it sounds like the international edition saves you one imperial -> metric conversion

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: BoomerD
The only problem I've seen with the international versions was last semester, one instructor's tests said something like:......

For engineering classes, it can be a pain too, if the rest of the class is using an American book with our archaic English units, but yours is all in metric. I've never tried it, but I've seen it done. The person had to first convert every problem to English units, then solve it. The author was kind enough to use the same measurements (rounded slightly to give nice numbers), so that the answers would still come out about the same when converted.

WHat kind of engineering doesn't have formulas in Metric, anyways? I don't think I ever used imperial units in any engineering or physics class..

With that said, it sounds like the international edition saves you one imperial -> metric conversion

My strength of materials courses were a mix of metric and English units. Thermodyanmics was mostly metric, with some English units.