Genki - Do your research before you buy

I’ve ordered from Roellin Books.

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There’s this website which has supplementary exercises for Genki.

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I bought even the first edition some years ago and it was totally fine. Between the first and second, I found only minor differences - mostly they kicked out some vocabulary (like tape) but overall, it was the same. My teacher used the second edition and I was still able to follow along with the older one so…
And if you are self-studying, it doesn’t matter anyway.
I don’t know about the third edition though but the basics of Japanese shouldn’t change that much - so no worries. More modern words like what Internet or smartphone means you can look it up yourself - for me that wasn’t worth it to pay way more money.

I paid 20€ for Genki 1 (textbook & workbook) and another 20 for Genki 2 (textbook and workbook) and both were used but came from a library that sorted out books. Hence, there was NOTHING written in it.

If you are lucky, you’ll find a deal like this on eBay as well - the update (3rd edition) isn’t worth >100 € probably

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I did that with my physical textbooks to save them for reselling!

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