<p>I've noticed that books like the Princeton Review's Cracking the ACT decline drastically in price just one year after publication. </p>
<p>Since I'm strapped for money, would it be beneficial to purchase the 2009 version as opposed to the 2010 version? Would I notice any difference between the two? It would save me roughly $7.00. </p>
<p>Also, are the practice tests in the different editions any different?</p>
<p>Shameless bump!</p>
<p>While it’s impossible to tell the exact differences without having both editions in hand, it’s likely that the changes from 2009 to 2010 were minor and that the actual tests are the same – creating a test is a LOT more work than fine-tuning the explanations or the strategies and fixing a few typos. Two points of evidence from other test prep guides: 1. The books reviews on Amazon complain that the newer edition of the Actual ACT Red Book contain the same tests as the older edition; 2. My older son had a Kaplan CD-ROM SAT/ACT test prep about 6-7 years back – when we bought the new edition to try more tests, we found the new edition contained the same tests as the old ones, even including the typos!</p>
<p>Just to add to LoremIpsum, I’ve only practiced with ‘older’ material because of the price of new book etc. and I found no issues with that. Most of the tests are similar if not identical.</p>
<p>Your local library may have older versions to check out and take home, as well as the very latest version in the reference section. Take a look, you may end up paying nothing for almost the same content!</p>