Nebraska Book Company, Inc. and Verba Software LLC have expanded their collaboration to increase campus store competitiveness and lower the cost of course materials for students. NBC is a leading source of software, textbooks, rental program options, and digital content delivery to independent college retailers, and Verba is the leading supplier of competitive software tools for campus stores. Enhancing tools available to independent bookstores has been a key NBC objective; the partnership with Verba’s tools is a key component of that objective. To help NBC customers gain immediate access to Verba products and tools, customers can now begin using Nebraska’s Reward Dollars to subscribe to any of Verba's cutting-edge tools for campus stores, including Verba Collect (adoptions management), Verba Compete (marketplace tools), and Verba Compare (price comparison shopping). Verba and NBC will also collaborate on web sourcing and rental management enhancements to the Verba Compete application, ensuring NBC clients have access integrations in these critical competitive areas. As part of this deepening collaboration, NBC is also adding VitalSource Technologies LLC®, Verba’s parent company, as an integrated platform for digital content delivery on the PRISM Core platform. A new streamlined integration will be available later this fall, and any customer requesting access prior to fall will be able to enable the VitalSource’s Bookshelf® platform through an existing NBC and VitalSource integration. This expansion of digital content options provided by NBC is a clear win for its customers as they work to increase access to affordable course materials with more options than ever before. These new integrations will add to NBC’s existing partners of digital content, adoption management, and sourcing products, helping ensure NBC remains a leader in providing valuable products and options to independent campus stores. NBC will continue to augment this portfolio with products and services that enhance the independent campus store’s ability to remain independent and to bring affordable course materials to students.