Nebraska Book Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates in the college bookstore industry. The company is subsidiary of Nebraska Book Intermediate Holdings, Inc.
The company primarily supplies used textbooks to college store operators and provides strategic business services and technology offering, including localized e-commerce capabilities and back-end system access and support. The company also provides the college bookstore industry with various services, including in-store promot...
Nebraska Book Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates in the college bookstore industry. The company is subsidiary of Nebraska Book Intermediate Holdings, Inc.
The company primarily supplies used textbooks to college store operators and provides strategic business services and technology offering, including localized e-commerce capabilities and back-end system access and support. The company also provides the college bookstore industry with various services, including in-store promotions, and buying programs.
The company is the primary wholesale distributor of used college textbooks in North America, offering approximately 145,000 textbook titles and selling or renting approximately 2.9 million books annually, primarily to college bookstores serving campuses located in the United States.
The company’s wholesale operations experience two selling periods and two buying periods. The peak selling periods occur prior to the beginning of each school semester in June/July and December/January. The buying periods for the wholesale operations occur at the end of each school semester in May and December. A major portion of the company’s annual net sales is recognized during the second and fourth fiscal quarters (year ended March 2017).
Segments
Textbooks
This segment consists primarily of selling used textbooks to college bookstores, buying them back from students or college bookstores at the end of each college semester, and then reselling them to college bookstores.
Complementary Services
This segment includes book-related services, such as computer hardware and software systems, e-commerce technology and consulting services.
History
The company was founded in 1915. It was formerly known as NBC Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to Neebo, Inc. in 2012. Further, the company changed its name to Nebraska Book Holdings, Inc. in 2015.