Follett Buys More Than 200 Campus Bookstores

Follett Corporation and the Nebraska Book Company on Thursday announced a deal in which Nebraska (which operates beyond that state) will sell 200 bookstores it runs for colleges to Follett. The deal leaves Follett with more than 1,150 local campus bookstores and 1,600 virtual store operations. Nebraska in turn plans to focus on the part of its business in which it provides services to independent college bookstores.