Printing myself vs. a print shop

looking towards college and the exorbitant cost of textbooks, I'm planning to save money by torrenting the textbooks instead of buying them. ideally I would print them and put them in a 3-ring binder so I could carry it around, reference it, bookmark, highlight, etc. so obviously this will require printing 500-1000+ pages per book. what's the easiest/most cost effective way to do this? I have a printer at home, but Im unsure because it's a home model definitely not made for this kind of thing, and it prints one-sided (although I'm sure I could work around this). looking at a local print shop it would be 11 cents per double sided black and white page. does anyone have advice or experience with the subject?