26 Jun
2012
26 Jun
'12
6:25 a.m.
On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 08:42:28 -0400
Nemo <cym224 at gmail.com> wrote:
On 24 June 2012 22:52, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at
aracnet.com> wrote (in
part):
Be careful with international editions. They're usually printed on paper
about one molecule thick with recycled ink. We get a lot of them here and
they're almost unreadable at times. The covers are also usually very thin.
I'm talking about the ones targeted towards India/Bangladesh and that part
of the world which as far as I know is the bulk of the international
editions and where many of them are printed.
The exception I found is international editions made for Korea and Japan.
They are up to American quality standards. I don't know what makes them
international but I have received a few with disclaimers that the book is
only to be sold in those places and not others, so I know these editions
exist.
I'm to the point now after getting burned badly on "big savings" buying an
international edition that I avoid them completely. I'll pay extra for a
regular edition or wait until the price becomes reasonable.
At 10:44 PM -0400 6/24/12, David Riley wrote (in
part):
>
> On Jun 24, 2012, at 7:23 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
>>>> ?"Art of Electronics" by Horowitz is GREAT, but it costs
money.
>> ?On Sun, 24 Jun 2012, David Riley wrote (in part):
[...]
>> ?Really?
>> ?Seriously, ?What am I doing wrong?
>> ?Amazon has one copy of the 1982 edition for $176
>> ?and no copies right now of the 1998 or 2011 editions.
[...]
You might want to try www.abebooks.com, or
Alibris (no, I didn't check).
International versions of the second edition are available for under $30.