Art of Electronics 3rd ed  - stanard vs. improved edition? - Page 1
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author: MatteoX
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 18, 2020, 08:25:19 pm
content: I bought my copy of AoE 3rd edition as soon as it was published.Recently I was looking something on Amazon and I have noticed that the book now has in the lower yellow right corner of the cover "third edition improved" - mine has only "third edition" .Are there any additions or this "improved" edition might refer just to error correction?

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 18, 2020, 08:59:04 pm
content: Hi, this post may have some info regarding that >www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/the-art-of-electronics-x-chapters/?allThe book authors are there too

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 18, 2020, 09:10:41 pm
content: X-chapters are something different.Win Hill is active most days on the sci.electronics.design Usenet group.

author: MatteoX
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2020, 05:42:51 pm
content: Here are the front covers of "old" and "new" third edition of AoE.

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2020, 07:52:04 pm
content: The original printing of the 3rd edition had quite a few errata:https://artofelectronics.net/errata/These errors have been corrected in subsequent printings. Maybe that's what the "improved 3rd edition" refers to? I am not aware of any announcement of further revisions.

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2020, 09:55:48 pm
content: If the editions were in PDF form and OCR'd (?), a side by side comparison 'should' in theory show all/most differences,depending on what Filters available/selected, how good the OCR scans were, how many passes etc= plan on a few days perhaps on that, for best results accuracy percentages in the high 90sA quick curiosity search yielded Adobe Acrobat appears the main/only? game in town to do PDF compare, and some online websitesSurely there's some other programs or methods, and without submitting copyright docs to freebie websites that may or may not be sussOnce the differences are sorted out, save the PDF and job done,and send to the authors as well, AFTER you get their official OK to attempt the above in the first place..or drop all that long winded compu-hassle dramaand just print out their errata sheet,arm yourselves with pencils and rubber eraser (and/or white out tape or paint if you're a bit medieval)and do the correction revision 'updates' the old school wayyes, I'll show myself to the door again..

author: MatteoX
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 14, 2020, 03:19:55 am
content: I got hold of the "improved" 3rd edition and here is the summary of changes compared to the "standard" edition that I have noticed :- At the end of the chapter 3 there is an additional half page supplement on MOSFET gate drivers (p222).- The original book has 1192 pages, the improved one 1227 text pages. The page difference is in the index size. The original edition has one index, 22 pages long. Improved ed. has 2 indices: Parts Index (23p) and Subject Index (34p).- In the 16th printing, all errors reported up to 11/25/2018 have been corrected.- CUP started to use thinner paper which causes visible bleed through. In the original edition there is almost none. Reading during the daylight does not make much difference but it becomes very visible when reading in the evening with artificial light. The book is still usable but this is really dissapointing - I mainly read it in the evening. One might argue they did that because the book is longer now, but 35 page difference on a 1200 p. book is insignificant

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 14, 2020, 07:17:26 am
content: Quote from: MatteoX on February 14, 2020, 03:19:55 amSeehttp://artofelectronics.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/parts_index_final_30nov16.pdfandhttp://artofelectronics.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/subject_index_final_30nov16.pdf