When I got my teaching certificate out here at OPSU they rent books. the school is the only place that has them close or that will know what you are going to need before school starts. So you are kinda stuck getting them there. then the folks that run the books are well...I got wrong books most times and had to go several times just to find them open. If yo want to keep a book they charge you as if the book were brand new and you get no choice of new vs. used books. It irritated me greatly. They tried to tell me how horrible it was to buy your books...I laughed at them and told them how wonderful it was to get a choice!