Customer Reviews

Looking Out, Looking In (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac) (Wadsworth Series in Communication Studies)

5 star:		(19)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I got this book for a course I am taking. Unfortunately, there are several excepts and related material that are omitted from the Kindle edition due to "Copyright Restrictions". The book itself is quite good, but if you end up being quizzed on or otherwise need these sections, you may be caught with your proverbial pants down. I wonder how long before publishers realize that these hassles are often the reason why people don't trust purchasing digital material.

Amazon should NOT sell this as the "Kindle Edition" of the printed book without at least clearly advertising that the book is missing material.

As a college student, I'm used to dry, terse textbooks that I fall asleep over, but Looking Out, Looking In is different. The art, poetry, illustrative stories, even the cartoons are beautiful and entertaining. The content is well organized, enjoyable reading and the extra exercises are so much fun that I've done them when they weren't assigned (well, I'm also a bit of a nerd, but that's beside the point). If you're a communications or psychology prof browsing for a new curriculum, do your students a huge favor: use this book!

I will suggest this manual to every couple, especially the newly wed, even before suggesting any "how to ..my babie". I wish I had this book 40 years ago, most of my troubles would have never come. Many manuals out there, such "How to satisfy your woman/man" and such are just the mechanics of human relation, this is its soul.
Matter of fact I will bring a copy to Italy next May to two newly wed couples.

Giovanni Diamante

So I decide to purchase the kindle version of this textbook so save carrying weight, and a few dollars. I was very disapointed as I bagan reading the text, because in many cases there will be a lead up to an example then suddenly in am faced with a nice bomb of a message "Content not Available due to Copyright Restrictions".

I gave this two stars, bacause other than the missing content, this is a great book.

What? I was not warned when I purchased this online that I was looking at an incomplete textbook. I have found this message several times per chapter, and yes I have had instances where I missed points in class, or couldn't fully participate in the conversation about the reading because the exaplme being discussed is not in my E-Book.

I feel it's not appropriate at all to sell the book in anything but the same form as the print book without a warning. If there are copywright restrictions preventing you from producing a full digital version, then don't do it. Don't sell it to me, and pepper the book with little messages "oops, sorry, the people that bought the paper version get the whole book, but since this is digital you don't get the same thing" It happens so much in this book, I bet if the publisher had tried they could have gotten permission to use most of the content in the E-book, but they just didn't bother. It was just easier to strip all the borrowed content from it, us readers won't know till we've already paid for it anyway.

Bottom line, if you need this for a college class, save yourself the hastle and get the paper version, you can sell it to someone later anyway, unlike an E-Book.

I used this book for an Interpersonal Communications class online and I got an A. It has pretty much everthing as the new black and purple book and I saved alot of money. It only cost me like $7.00 and I saved my friend money by passing it down to her and she got an A on her class as well. :)

I also like that even though its an older version, it has lists of TV shows and movies you can watch to further understand the chapter. The online websited has practice quizzes and was very helpful as well.

I bought this book for a communication course at my college. I accidentally bought an old edition, but there was very little that was different. In an entire semester, I only had to borrow someone else's new edition once.
Very easy to read and understand. Full of cartoons (Zits, Family Circus, Cathy) that are very helpful for explaining concepts. The activities are very simple and easy to complete, but incredibly helpful in examining one's self.
This is the only textbook I've ever had that I read in my free time - not just for studying, but because it's fascinating.

Do not buy this version of the book if you want this for a college class. If you need the workbook to go along with it, but the "Cengage Advantage Books" version, which has the workbook inline with every chapter, which is a HUGE money saver. The workbook itself costs more than the Cengage book. The only difference in books is that the paperback version is not printed in color; but is that really worth your money? Cengage Advantage Books: Looking Out, Looking In

It has a clear organization, and interesting insets. For a textbook, it intrigues. The comic inserts are a tip of the hat to culture, and everything is up-to-date.

Let me first be clear, I do not actually own THIS book. What I own is the "Looking Out, Looking In" 12 ENHANCED EDITION.

What is this ENHANCED EDITION you ask?? It is this item, "Looking Out, Looking In" 12th edition AND the "Student Activities Manual for Adler/Proctor/Townes's Looking Out, Looking In 12th Edition" PUT TOGETHER IN ONE BOOK!!

Seriously why buy this if your going to have to buy the "Student Activities Manual for Adler/Proctor/Townes's Looking Out, Looking In 12th Edition"anyway?!?

When you buy these books seperately, from Amazon even, it is over $160

I just happened to notice this was sold different from my book and thought it was just ludicrous that these book companies try to gouge all the money they can from people.

This is the ISBN of my book: 0-495-46819-3 Feel free to check it if you don't believe me.

The more you know!!!

this psychology book was exactly as described, good binding and with no highlighting or writing. It arrived in nice packaging and promptly, and was much cheaper than the school's bookstore!