Nowadays you can do the same sort of thing (for some books) but not through the campus bookstore. Go online, find a cheap, used copy, and get that shipped to y

Nowadays you can do the same sort of thing (for some books) but not through the campus bookstore. Go online, find a cheap, used copy, and get that shipped to you. (Not all books are available like this, but many are) The prices online are so good that the online-used-book industry basically killed the 'book' part of the campus bookstore.