Text Books: Are international edition same as national edition??????

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<p>Text Books: Are international edition same as national edition?????? except for price and their cover..............</p>

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<p>yes, though it's harder to sell them.</p>

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<p>For the most part, they are the exact same.</p>

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<p>Depends. Sometimes for math/science texts, international editions use the metric system, which we obviously don't use in the US.</p>

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<p>But how many (American edition) college-level science textbooks don't use the metric system to begin with???</p>

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<p>I actually downloaded a foreign edition the other day. It was nearly the same but usually the page quality is different and the page numbers vary.</p>

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<p>The content should be the same but the coverage and paper are different.
And it's illegal.</p>

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<p>I dunno, I'm not a science person myself but I remember when my brother bought a science/math type textbook that came from India or something, and it used different units and he sent it back.</p>

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But how many (American edition) college-level science textbooks don't use the metric system to begin with???

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<p>Lots of engineering texts still use Imperial.</p>

<p>And, for the most part, most usually use the MKS version of SI and not CGS (though electronics stuff seem to use CGS more often).</p>

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<p>Even if it's an international edition, it will still have the same unit systems as the American edition (at least, that's been my experience).</p>

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The content should be the same but the coverage and paper are different.
And it's illegal.

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<p>It's illegal?? To buy, sell, or both?</p>

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<p>Neither, I believe. What's</a> an International Edition Textbook?</p>

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<p>I don't know where yucca got the idea that they are illigal, but rest assured they are not. International textbooks are not like bootleg copies of movies, they are the same textbook, from the same publisher (or their foreign counterparts) and by the same author, who also earns money from their sales like with any American textbook.
I never knew they were so inexpensive until I had a few classes with an Indian woman who had all international editions she had bought used for under $15 each... and the American used texts were upwards of $40. In the three classes I shared with her, they had the exact same material, wording, chapters, and page numbers. Basically it was the same book with a different cover slapped on it saying it was the 'international edition'.
No big deal if you want to save money, and I don't believe they overhaul the unit systems for international versions of math and science books, though I may be wrong.</p>

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<p>Yucca is on crack. I bought the (used) international edition of my chemistry book at my campus BARNES & NOBLES BOOKSTORE. </p>

<p>The only difference is that it's paperback, and a lot cheaper than the hardcover new version.</p>

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<p>international edition is exactly the same as american edition, content, page number and everything. the only difference is that it's cheaper. I used to sell a lot of cheap international editions on amazon until i got banned.</p>

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<p>Why did you get banned?</p>

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<p>because it's illegal to sell international editions of textbooks on Amazon. It's written in the site's policy. I found it out the hard way.</p>

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<p>Were you advertising them as international editions, too? I've been burned once or twice by people selling books on amazon/buy.com only to get a paperback international edition instead of a hardback like I wanted.</p>