<p>Geez, I didn’t even think the book ownership issue was any of my business. I think my d. sold back most of her books; I didn’t know renting was an option,and I know that in some cases she shared books with other students rather than purchasing her own copy. I can’t even imagine in this day and age getting too attached to a physical book. In my day, the text book was pretty much all we had to work with – after one class, you might want to hang onto the book as a reference for the next - these days the kids have the internet & ebooks. I mean … a decade ago when my son was in college he was quite fond of a wall chart he had with the periodic table of the elements … these days? I’ve got an app for that.</p>