I need to purchase this book by monday for a class, and my teacher told us the ISBN was 0-06-440424-2, but when I search it, the only way it buy it is online. Then I noticed there was the same book, in hardcover and paperback again, but for in-store purchase. But, they had a different ISBN #. I was just wondering if they were the same book with a different ISBN number????????????|||The hardcover and paperback versions of a book will have different ISBNs, even if they're the same edition (same text and pictures). This is because the ISBN is used by libraries and bookshops to ensure they can buy exactly the book they want - if you wanted the hardcover and got the paperback instead, you probably wouldn't be very pleased.
The text should be the same as the ISBN that your teacher told you buy, because fictional books are very rarely revised beyond correcting typos. You might find that the pagination is different - if your teacher says "turn to page 23 and tell me..." that part in your copy might be on page 22 or 24. But if you're paying attention to what's happening in the story, that shouldn't be a problem :-)|||I dont' know if this will actually answer your question, but the paperback version and hardcover version will have different ISBNs. So, if one is hardcover and the other paperback then that can account for the different ISBNs. Are they the same edition?|||It is the same book. The paperback and hardcover versions have different ISBN - but the contents are the same. This is going to change in the next few years - and there will be other changes as well, as ebooks are brought into the ISBN fold.
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