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 are often only good for one semester - causes only more financial anguish." In an online survey token, in a college chat room, all but one o…