Hi Bob and Monica, Thanks for your response Bob. Yes, that is what I mean. The college said my professors name was to be announced. Therefore, I am unable to get in touch with him/her. What I am going to do is have my ORS counselor order the print book from amazon.com and scan it in and put it on bookshare.org. In the mean time, I plan to order the second addition from RFBD. This way, I start class knowing a little bit about my topic. To Monica: the reason why I have decided not to send the book to Carrie is because there is a companion CD that comes with the book. I really need this book within the next 2 weeks, so it would be faster this way. Would anyone like to validate the textbook I'm going to scan? It's called "Technology In Action." Jess On 1/1/09, Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jess, the answer to your question is yes, they are usually > significantly different for two reasons. First, the publisher wants > students to buy its new book, so they move around the content to > different page numbers, add new questions for discussion, and > sometimes reorder the chapters. This effectively prevents a student > from using an older edition past its shelf life. I've seen this > happening more often over the past ten years as textbook publishing > has become more competitive. Second, new editions of a book usually > contain new sections, updated factual information, and fix mistakes > found in the text of the previous edition. With that said, it still > may work out for you. This will depend on the subject of your class > and how your professor teaches as to whether you can use the RFB book. > If this is math or science, you're in a pickle. If it's something like > psychology, history, or political science, you may be able to skate > by. If the professor just lectures and tells you to read at home at > your own pace, you're good to go. If your professor assigns you > discussion questions from the book or does other things that depend on > specific pages of the book, you could have a rough time. Have you > considered asking Bookshare or your college's Student Services office > to scan your book for you? It's kind of late in the game, but you > still may have time to get this to work out. Talk to Carrie about the > possibility, and consider FedX or UPS overnight or second day shipping > to get it to her in time. Do not use media rate shipping from the post > office if you need your book before the middle of February. That kind > of shipping is cheaper, but it takes weeks for the package to get > where it's going. > > -- > Monica Willyard > Visit my blog at http://www.scannersguild.com > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > -- Jessica Killian Bookshare Volunteer Validator and submitter To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.