College Textbooks are Crazy Expensive. Here Are 5 Ways To Save Money

When my husband and I started looking at the cost of college for our teens, we were taken aback. We knew that tuition had risen substantially since our own college years, but it’s still a shock to see tuition numbers that rival many people’s annual salaries.

Then our daughter started college and we added up the cost of her first semester’s textbooks. Holy cow.

I remember college textbooks being expensive in college twenty-something years ago. But my daughter just paid $235 for a Spanish textb...