<p>Is it really necessary to get the EXACT edition of the textbook(s) that classes require?</p>
<p>I have a few 2009 editions that are listed for Fall semester classes. They're so new, I'm having a hard time finding them online. Would it be fine if I got an edition that's 1-3 years older or so?</p>
<p>That depends on the type of class. If it is a math or science class, this will be problematic because newer editions have added additional problems/changed the order of numbering. Assigned problem sets will be based on the newest(or listed) edition. For many English and history classes however, the older editions generally are sufficient. For cheap international editions (of dubious legality), you can try [url=<a href=“http://www.bigwords.com%5DBIGWORDS.com%5B/url”>http://www.bigwords.com]BIGWORDS.com[/url</a>].</p>
<p>How can we find out what textbooks we need? I went to the university coop’s website, and it seems like only summer textbooks are available. Am I searching right? I’d like to get my books as soon as possible.</p>
<p>JerAir, if you buy books from Coop you get a 10% rebate, just as an FYI.</p>
<p>And I’m pretty sure that UT hasn’t released booklists for Fall 2009 yet.</p>
<p>Does the co-op not buy back books purchased from other places, even if its the exact book?</p>
<p>Any idea when the fall 2009 booklist will be released?</p>
<p>I believe the coop would buy the book if it is the correct book and edition regardless of where it was purchased. The Fall 2009 booklist will probably not be out until around the first of August.</p>
<p>if you go to the fall course listings and click on the unique number for a class description, there will be a link near the bottom that says “Check Textbooks for This Course”. you click on it, and it will tell you what textbooks are required or optional. Some classes may not have a textbook listed though since it depends if the teacher decides to put it on there or not.</p>
<p>How about buying a book of the same edition but an earlier year? It seems like there are reprints of the same book that are just branded newer.</p>
<p>For example, for chem 301, the textbook listed is 6th edition but also 2009. I can’t find the 2009 one online anywhere but I can find ones of the same edition of earlier years. I really don’t want to buy that book new at full price at the bookstore ($126.65 + tax).</p>
<p>I guess that’s what I was trying to say in the first place- same edition, earlier year.</p>
<p>I have wondered about this before, too. I usually wait until the first day of class, and ask the prof. if I can purchase an earlier edition of the same book. Sometimes they say it’s fine, and sometimes they want you to have the exact edition they specified. But I wait until classes start to buy books anyway, because you often don’t need all of the textbooks listed for a class (especially the optional ones; sometimes they are not at all important to the course), and I want to ask the prof. which ones to buy.</p>