<p>The store prints that I need: Savitch (New Low Price)
Absolute C++ (2nd) & Codemate Access Card Pkg.</p>
<p>Is "Codemate Access Card Pkg" also required? What is that?</p>
<p>Yeah I was also wondering about that. ANyone know if we also use this book for CS32?</p>
<p>I read online that it was a CD for programming. If I could go without it, I can save about $50 since the pacakge is usually bundled and is even more than how much they sell at the UCLA store.</p>
<p>I would suggest not to get it, as you can find cheaper copies w/o it...you can always burn a copy from a friend if your really need it</p>
<p>Nice, so the store sells you stuff that the professor does not require.</p>
<p>I am assuming you are a freshman, but that's okay because you will soon learn the type of blood sucking and highway robbery that goes on inside campus bookstores. The book package or the prices have nothing to do with the professor, the only thing they have control over is the the book and the edition you are supposed to get. Be wary though, sometimes the professors will also "recommend" optional purchases like solutions manuals, which you might not always need. If you really want to buy those the best strategy would be to wait till the first or second week of classes are over. That way you can gauge the level of help you need, and consequently, figure out if you really need them at all. During my freshman year (my first semester) I remember buying a bunch of crap which the bookstore had listed as "recommended" i.e. solutions manual etc. But the professors never even used it, and they ended up collecting dust. I suggest you stop buying books from campus bookstores altogether, and instead go the online route:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.half.com%5B/url%5D">www.half.com</a>
<a href="http://www.abebooks.com%5B/url%5D">www.abebooks.com</a></p>
<p>These should cover most of your purchases. Don't go to the bookstore unless it's something you cannot find anywhere else. Use it as a last resort. I have already purchsed 3/4 books from Half.com and saved $120 in the process.</p>
<p>The best strategy is to buy used online and then sell it in your campus bookstore at the end of the quarter. I made quite a lot of profit this way the last two years.</p>
<p>Btw I was looking at the Codemate package you were talking about and it seems that it contains some sort of a passkey which will allow you to access the textbook's companion website. In this case, it would be wise to e-mail the professor and ask him if you will be required to use this service at all.</p>
<p>rasenganx: no CS32 is Data Structure. I believe the book in use is</p>
<p>I am sure flopsy should be able to verify that :rolleyes:</p>
<p>CS31 - C++ Programming
CS32 - Data Structures
CS33 - Assembly Language</p>
<p>Dang that sucks. Gotta buy more textbooks each quarter. thanks citan</p>
<p>Yes, I can confirm what Citan mentioned. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>FOr the CS31 textbook, does the year it was publish matter? Cause I found 2 different 2nd edition for Absolute C++. One was published in 2006 the other one was in 2005.</p>
<p>The ISBN # of the book we are required for class matches the 2006 one, so I bought that one on amazon.
However, I would also like to know if there's any difference between the 2005 and 2006 one.</p>
<p>I believe that as long as the editions are same, then there would be no difference.</p>
<p>How much did you buy it from amazon? I bought mines on abebooks, for $45.
It didn't come with the codemate since I don't think we'll need it.</p>
<p>The thing is, it's international version paperback. It's the same as US copies page for page, just that its softcover. That should save lots of money, yeah?</p>
<p>So a question for Citan and Flopsy:</p>
<p>If you buy the international version of the book (same material same pages) and sell it back to the UCLA store, will they give you the half price sellback?Or must the book be the same as what the store is selling?</p>
<p>Ah Felix you're lucky =P I spent $64 on it because I was paranoid about the whole "it has to match EVERY DETAIL that is required" thing.</p>
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<p>probably not...but it doesn't hurt to try</p>
<p>$64 is not bad for the book with the passcard I guess. Where did you purchase that from?</p>
<p>Oh it didn't come with a passcard..I just assumed that was useless. There was only one 2006 book on Amazon, so I took it.</p>
<p>I think the textbook you try to sell back must be the same edition/version as what the UCLA Store is selling (i.e. U.S. versus International), since the clerks scan the barcode(s) and compare ISBN numbers (i.e. ISBN-10 versus ISBN-13) at the buyback counter. Also, you probably won't receive half of the book's price; it's usually 25-40% of the UCLA Store price. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Does anyone know if we need the passcard at all? What does it do anyways?</p>
<p>The passcard is an online tool - it gives tutorials, quizzes, etc. Kind of guessing like those CDs you receive with your textbooks in high school. Most people don't use it though it's like supplemental material / extra practice.</p>
<p>It also has the capability of doing online quizzes? that your professor loads so they can access your progress? Dunno about that; I heard that you don't need it.</p>