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Glad to hear that you can now get them from amazon & even rent them. We know a 40-something that will be returning to college this fall, and I will let him know about this.

lkd wrote: College students are defenseless against a system that is 100% rigged to maximize revenue to publishers. And it's all 100% legal.

And what's a shame is that so many college students live below the poverty line. (We certainly did while in college.)

I graduated nearly 11 years ago, but I remember doing everything I could to make my book expenses go down. And they know they have you captive, which is why they are so high.
At one university, we had a choice of three bookstores. I would buy them at the cheapest store & sell them to the most expensive one at the end of the semester. I also started buying and selling with individual students, but you need to be careful doing this. They change editions frequently to keep the revenue coming in. There were also a few times that other students lent me the books I needed for certain classes, which was very nice of them.
At one point, I went to work for the enemy (book store on campus). This allowed me to get first-hand knowledge (early on) of any changes in editions. If I couldn't buy them off another student, I would get them at a discount from the store. (And then could sell them under Mars' name at the end of the semester.)