Some opinions expressed included how it can sometimes be beneficial to have a hard copy of the text in front of the student, since they can highlight and annotate in textbooks that they personally own. Whereas textbook rentals forbid you from writing, highlighting, or removing pages from the text. If the textbook is suspected to contain any of those forbidden factors, the student risks paying the full price. Even though textbook rentals cut the cost for students when receiving textbooks required for a class, a student might not even use the textbook for the semester, which allows the cost of the rental textbook fee to add up.
