<p>I was wondering if the books are pretty much the same and if I could just buy the 2011 editions for cheaper (students selling them). Therefore avoiding what I hear is 100+ for a new one through the Universal whatever that publishes a new series of textbooks for DOC every year with only a few articles rearranged and additions (gosh it sounds like what publishers do with science textbooks)</p>
<p>Also, are the other books required by DOC classes the same every year?</p>
<p>I asked a similar question not too long ago.This is the reply I got from a helpful poster.
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<p>So A Different Mirror is the same. The writer’s reference is different from Fall '10 and Fall '11. Our new reference was used for a different humanities class at UCSD last year though, so you may be able to find a used copy. The girl I’m buying my reader from said that she didn’t use her writer’s reference at all last year, so I’m personally holding off on buying one.</p>
<p>Those are the only three books we need for DOC 1, as far as I know.</p>