Are College Textbooks Affordable for the Average Student?

As most college students know purchasing textbooks is not at all like shopping at the .99 cent store; in fact it is the complete opposite with books ranging from $25.00 and some books reaching up to whopping $400.00 per book. With that in mind; it leads up to the question, can the average college student afford college text books. The College Publisher Network claims "College is already expensive enough and the additional cost of textbooks - ones that …showed first 75 words of 532 total…

…showed last 75 words of 532 total…units increasing college is getting more and more unaffordable for college student. College students are struggling everyday to get through college especially those who are going to school without Financial Aide and the price of textbooks are not helping very much so maybe by lending out textbooks with rules attached or by publishers making small update packets for books-instead of making a whole new edition- college could be a bit more affordable for their students.