The school that I attended rented textbooks to students. It was included in tuition ~$300/year and everyone had to pay it. I could understand how they would pre

The school that I attended rented textbooks to students. It was included in tuition ~$300/year and everyone had to pay it. I could understand how they would prevent you getting a particular edition because they effectively purchase new books about every 3 years (depending on the enrollment in the course). Unfortunately, I still ran into a problem like this article speaks about in that one of the professors wrote a book and charged about $25 for their book for the course and made it required. Granted $25 is not a lot but they were effectively skipping the system's rental program.