What is the international edition of a textbook?
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I’m trying to buy inexpensive textbooks for next semester and the international editions i find online are VERY cheap. What are the differences between the international edition and the regular edition? Anything that would affect my performance in the class or in re-selling the book back?
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I’m trying to buy inexpensive textbooks for next semester and the international editions i find online are VERY cheap. What are the differences between the international edition and the regular edition? Anything that would affect my performance in the class or in re-selling the book back?
March 13th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
It is just what it says, the edition that is used places other than the country than it was published in. It is the edition the is licensed from the original publisher to be used in another country and reprinted. Buying international editions is a great way to save money on your textbooks. They are almost exactly the same too, the differences usually being the design of the cover, and the publishing and printing information within the first few pages of the book. To find them I always use They are a textbook search engine that searches all the online retailers and rental sites to find you the best prices. The great thing is that you can specify to search for used, new or both, and you can include or exclude international editions from your search results. It’s pretty cool actually.
Hope this was of help. J. Scott