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Following a growing trend, my college is in negotiations with B&N to operate our bookstore.</div>
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Today is my first opportunity to ask them about their contract stipulations regarding OER. For those of you with a B&N run bookstore, I'm curious if any of you have gotten a successful outcome from your conversations during negotiations? </div>
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