OLDER Editions of textbooks...worth it?

College Life
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<p>I have a huge difference in price between two books.</p>

<p>THIS IS THE 12TH EDITION
[ISBN</a> 9780321200501 | 0321200500 Textbooks - “Economics Today The Micro View plus MyEconLab Student Access Kit 12th Edition” by Roger LeRoy Miller](<a href=“http://www.campusbooks.com/books/business-investing/popular-economics/9780321200501_Roger-LeRoy-Miller_Economics-Today-The-Micro-View-plus-MyEconLab-Stude.html]ISBN”>http://www.campusbooks.com/books/business-investing/popular-economics/9780321200501_Roger-LeRoy-Miller_Economics-Today-The-Micro-View-plus-MyEconLab-Stude.html)</p>

<p>THIS UP TO DATE 14TH EDITION
[ISBN</a> 9780321425065 | 0321425065 Textbooks - “Economics Today The Micro View plus MyEconLab plus eBook 1&semester Student Access Kit 14th Edition MyEconLab Series” by Roger LeRoy Miller](<a href=“http://www.campusbooks.com/books/business-investing/popular-economics/9780321425065_Roger-LeRoy-Miller_Economics-Today-The-Micro-View-plus-MyEconLab-plus-.html]ISBN”>http://www.campusbooks.com/books/business-investing/popular-economics/9780321425065_Roger-LeRoy-Miller_Economics-Today-The-Micro-View-plus-MyEconLab-plus-.html)</p>

<p>As you can see, I can get the 12th edition for under 10 dollars, the up to date 14th edition will set me back almost $80.</p>

<p>I’m scared that if I get the 12th edition I will be screwed for the obvious reasons like different material, different page numbers, and whatever else that might be in store for me.</p>

<p>Which one should I get?</p>

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<p>You should get whatever edition your school requires. There is definitely a difference between versions so you need to get the right one imo. :D</p>

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<p>email your professor or talk to them when you get to school.
you can always resell your book so you shouldnt worry about the price much. at least, that is what i am telling myself to keep from going crazy over how much i am spending on books. :P</p>

<p>i am not an expert but i was under the impression that a field like economics changes information a lot so there would be things in the later edition that wasn’t in the older one. new theories or something.</p>

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<p>emphasis on the check with the professor part. It truly depends on the class; my professor told me I could get a slightly older edition of my bio book. You can probably email him/her to find out.</p>

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<p>E-mail the professor. Publishers regularly do revised editions of popular textbooks. Otherwise they would stop making money as the old ones are recycle over and over. Sometimes the revisions are primarily cosmetic. The professor will know for sure. Sometimes professors don’t want to change editions of books any more than students do, but they have to because of availability.</p>