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You are almost right. The reason is ... excalibur - 28/04/2004 05:59:14 PM

My history book, on one of the very fist leaves, where it has all the copyright information and the like, says this:

"this book cannot be re-exported from the country to which it is sold by McGraw-Hill. The International Edition is not available in North America".

huh?

is there some evil conspiracy to keep americans ignorant of the rest of the world?

There will be a US version available except it will be 3 times the price. It is a device to keep text book prices high in the US where US students are used to paying them, but having competitive prices elsewhere where students simply would not pay the prices.

A case in point - I have one of these text books.

I purchased the International version (not for sale in US) from Amazon UK and imported. The cost of my book (the full retail price) was £30, roughly translated $50. The same book except the US version is priced at $120 here. Exactly the same book, except purchased in the US.


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Odd mierin sedai - 28/04/2004 05:45:29 PM 175 Views
Page, mierin, page Aviendha - 28/04/2004 05:50:41 PM 44 Views
can't you say the leaves of a book? I thought you could mierin sedai - 28/04/2004 05:53:01 PM 28 Views
Well, you can... Aviendha - 28/04/2004 05:55:31 PM 26 Views
hah! mierin sedai - 28/04/2004 05:57:36 PM 18 Views
No... Aviendha - 28/04/2004 05:58:42 PM 14 Views
cool, cold. same thing. more or less. cold in winter, but now it is mierin sedai - 28/04/2004 06:00:54 PM 13 Views
Re: cool, cold. same thing. more or less. cold in winter, but now it is Aviendha - 28/04/2004 06:02:22 PM 12 Views
also mierin sedai - 28/04/2004 05:59:35 PM 15 Views
Exactly. Aviendha - 28/04/2004 06:01:16 PM 13 Views
mierin sedai - 28/04/2004 06:03:10 PM 12 Views
Eine Seite. Aviendha - 28/04/2004 06:04:25 PM 9 Views
yes *NM* mierin sedai - 28/04/2004 06:05:00 PM 3 Views
A lot of the medical biology books I use says that too matfriend - 28/04/2004 05:57:09 PM 18 Views
it is definitely starting to look like a conspiracy mierin sedai - 28/04/2004 05:58:29 PM 14 Views
*roasts you* Aviendha - 28/04/2004 06:03:22 PM 11 Views
Re: *roasts you* mierin sedai - 28/04/2004 06:04:34 PM 10 Views
yeah... *NM* Aviendha - 28/04/2004 06:04:55 PM 3 Views
Wouldn't surprise me. *NM* matfriend - 28/04/2004 06:05:19 PM 3 Views
You are almost right. The reason is ... excalibur - 28/04/2004 05:59:14 PM 52 Views
But what about the copywrite law that says... Aviendha - 28/04/2004 06:00:17 PM 22 Views
It wasn't sold in the US excalibur - 28/04/2004 06:04:33 PM 23 Views
I know... Aviendha - 28/04/2004 06:06:32 PM 15 Views
but... mierin sedai - 28/04/2004 06:02:12 PM 23 Views
Re: but... excalibur - 28/04/2004 06:12:25 PM 14 Views
So there are no differences between the US and the Internat editions? matfriend - 28/04/2004 06:03:39 PM 21 Views
No difference whatsoever. excalibur - 28/04/2004 06:09:16 PM 15 Views
Correct aerocontrols - 28/04/2004 06:13:05 PM 23 Views
I had NO idea you could do that! Larisa - 28/04/2004 06:19:24 PM 18 Views
When I first walked into the bookstore here and saw the prices ... excalibur - 28/04/2004 06:29:52 PM 19 Views
Larisa - 28/04/2004 07:11:04 PM 7 Views
HA, yeah, pretty much. Missa Sedai - 29/04/2004 11:59:03 AM 7 Views
aerocontrols - 28/04/2004 06:13:40 PM 33 Views
hah! mierin sedai - 29/04/2004 04:23:23 AM 10 Views
Yeah chorabliss - 28/04/2004 07:03:47 PM 24 Views
yup, cause americans must remain stupid, or turn canadian *NM* MatCauthon1745 - 28/04/2004 09:10:24 PM 3 Views
my ee book is not for the US... Colonial Marine - 28/04/2004 11:04:24 PM 11 Views
Re: Odd vandevere - 29/04/2004 07:31:14 PM 6 Views
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