Boston University students can rent movies, storage spaces and as of early July, textbooks too. To alleviate the escalating cost of textbooks, the BU Barnes &’ Noble now offers an alternative to ...

Barnes & Noble, the distributor for the campus bookstore, piloted textbook rentals at 25 other schools last January, according to Karen DiScala, manager of corporate communications for Barnes & Noble.

Klos said Barnes & Noble only makes textbooks available for rental if the class is offered for multiple semesters. If implemented, as many as 8,400 books could be made available for rental under the ...