i always used to buy my books new

but the good thing was i could sell them back to the bookstore or to someone else and get at least 70-80% of my money back from the total cost of the books. i think theyre so much cus they have to pay so many people to get information for the textbook plus editors publication blahblah etc... if that makes sense?
i know for sure my biology book and the lab manual was super expensive and also my business law book was like 220!!!