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History
Nebraska Book Company (NBC) began in 1915 with a single
bookstore near the University of Nebraska campus. Following World War
II, when the supply of new textbooks could not meet the demand created
by returning ex-GI students, NBC began buying books back from students
at the end of the term and reselling them as used, thus becoming an integral
part of the earliest years of the used textbook division.
With the purchase of The College Book Company of California
in 1964, NBC increased its national distribution of used textbooks. As
used textbook distribution grew, NBC also began to expand its college
bookstore chain, and the company currently operates 250 bookstores
nationwide. Since 1990, NBC has added complementary services for college
bookstores, including:
- Buying services
- Turnkey e-commerce
- Store design and planning
- College bookstore management systems
- Marketing services
- Distance learning distribution
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