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What is the most up to date book?
The most current edition of BABY BARGAINS is 7th edition (purple cover; see picture at left). It first printed in April 2007 (version 7.0) and then reprinted/updated in January 2008 (version 7.1). FYI: When you order from our web page, we always ship you the most recent version!
How can you tell which version you have? Check the copyright page (page ii); the version number is located at the BOTTOM of the copyright page!
Baby Bargains was first published in 1994 (peach cover). The second edition (blue cover) was published in 1997. The third edition (green cover) was published in 1999. The fourth edition (purple cover) was published in 2001. The 5th edition was first published in April 2003 (5.0), revised in December 2003 (5.1) and revised again in October 2004 (5.2). The 6th edition was first published in April 2005 and then revised/reprinted in February 2006. The seventh edition debuted in April 2007.
We strive to keep the Baby Bargains as up-to-date as possible. As such, we update it periodically with new editions. But if you just borrowed this book from a friend, how do you know how old it is? First, look at the copyright page. There at the bottom you will see a version number (such as 7.0). The first number (the 7 in this case) means you have the 7th edition. The second number indicates the printing-every time we reprint the book, we make minor corrections, additions and changes. Version 7.0 is the initial printing of the 7th edition, version 7.1 is the first reprint of the 7th edition and so on.
We update this book with a new edition every two years (roughly). About 30% to 40% of the content will change with each edition. Bottom line: if you pick up a copy of this book that is one or two editions old, you will notice a significant number of changes.
Here are the covers of the previous editions:
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| 1st edition (1994) |
2nd edition (1997) |
3rd edition (1999) |
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4th edition (2001) |
5th edition (2003) |
6th edition (2005) |
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