EGR-204-01: Intro:Microprocessors
If new editions become available before classes start, would you like to use the new editions?
No
If yes, are you aware if a new edition is currently available?
No
Will the students enrolling in this course already have the textbook from a previous course that they themselves have taken?
No
Do you require a CD or access code, if one is available?
No
Will you be advising the students that they NEED to have their own textbook, that they may share a particular textbook, that they really don't need the textbook, or any other options you might share with the students? We would appreciate knowing this so that we can make a more responsible order decision on how many textbooks to order.
The instructor expects each student to have immediate access to the course textbook at all times.
| Choice | Author | Title | ISBN | Publisher | Edition |
| Required | MANO | LOGIC & COMPUTER DESIGN FUND | 0-13-198926-X | PH | 4 |
| Status | Author | Title | ISBN | Publisher | Edition |
International versions of this textbook are not the same as the domestic version, even if the edition numbers and cover art match. IF THE BOOK'S DESCRIPTION INCLUDES THE WORD "INTERNATIONAL," DO NOT ORDER, EVEN IF THE ISBN MATCHES. A few unscrupulous booksellers have put the domestic ISBN and barcode on a sticky address label (e.g. Avery brand or similar) and plastered that over the book's real ISBN number and sold the book to people searching on the Web for the domestic ISBN. Their description includes the word "international." but they use the domestic ISBN. International versions have the word "international" on the title page (one of the front pages, not necessarily on the cover) which still allows easy identification of an international version when the true ISBN has been plastered over. These books are made from copied pages from various older editions. Page numbers will not match, homework problems will not match, information will be out-of-date, and there will be more errata than in the domestic edition. Book vendors sometimes "guarantee" that the international version is sufficiently similar to the domestic version. At least in the case of this textbook this is absolutely not the case. What do you think--will a vendor who is willing to change the ISBN number actually care about equivalency and actually honor a "guarantee?" Once these books get into the US market they might keep circulating. They get sold as used books to reputable booksellers because the (plastered on) barcode of the ISBN and the cover art match the domestic version. If one of these books slips through the system into your hands, a reputable bookseller (who did not describe it as an "international" edition) will promptly exchange the book. Still, time and shipping expense gets wasted. Kind of a long explanation huh!? In this course (only this course) it has been a problem for about two students per semester who have ordered their textbook via the Web. The Dordt College Bookstore has an advantage in quality of service. They check their books before they go into inventory. If anything does go wrong they will make amends as promptly as possible and take the hassle out of dealing with postage, etc.