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The high price of books was an issue when I was a student. Fortunately, professors and other students tried to alleviate the expense for the students.
When I was in school each professor made certain that his or her assigned books were either in the library or in the reserve room. You couldn't remove the books from the reserve room, but you could hold the books for two hours a day to read or photocopy.
Additionally, we had a free student run book exchange. Anyone who wanted could donate their used books, and then borrow used books for the semester. I forget all the specific details. I know they didn't have every book for every class, but they had the textbooks for the big lecture hall classes. I remember that the bookstore (B&N) hated it since it took away their profits. B&N paid a student about $15 to $35 for a used hardcover book and sold the same book for twice that the next semester. Students hated that so they started their own free book exchange.
My friends and I also used to share books and lend them to each other. One of my sisters and I were in the same class with about a dozen books on the list. We each bought six books and shared them.
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