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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1282921, member: 112"]While I can't answer your questions regarding this particular book, I can tell you that the thing you speak of is often true. There are often cases when a earlier edition of a given book is considered by many to be the more useful. But even that is subjective for each reader/user will have different things that are important to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The thing that happens with editions is that changes are made in later editions. Most often these changes will be additions, information that was not contained at all in the previous book. But sometimes those changes are subtractions, where information contained in a previous book is omitted and removed from the subsequent book. And sometimes there are contradictions between earlier and later editions, and sometimes even noted corrections. And sometimes it can be something as simple as a printing error. It all depends on the author and sometimes even the editor as to what any changes will encompass.</p><p><br /></p><p>But about the only way there is for a reader/user to make this determination for himself is to own and study all of the various editions of a given book. And in some cases, or perhaps I should say with some subject matter, it is best to do just that.</p><p><br /></p><p>edit - I can offer you some help though. If you use the links you find here - <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t13899/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t13899/">http://www.cointalk.com/t13899/</a> - you should be able to find just about any book you wish.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1282921, member: 112"]While I can't answer your questions regarding this particular book, I can tell you that the thing you speak of is often true. There are often cases when a earlier edition of a given book is considered by many to be the more useful. But even that is subjective for each reader/user will have different things that are important to them. The thing that happens with editions is that changes are made in later editions. Most often these changes will be additions, information that was not contained at all in the previous book. But sometimes those changes are subtractions, where information contained in a previous book is omitted and removed from the subsequent book. And sometimes there are contradictions between earlier and later editions, and sometimes even noted corrections. And sometimes it can be something as simple as a printing error. It all depends on the author and sometimes even the editor as to what any changes will encompass. But about the only way there is for a reader/user to make this determination for himself is to own and study all of the various editions of a given book. And in some cases, or perhaps I should say with some subject matter, it is best to do just that. edit - I can offer you some help though. If you use the links you find here - [URL]http://www.cointalk.com/t13899/[/URL] - you should be able to find just about any book you wish.[/QUOTE]
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