UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT



     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): AUGUST 2, 2002



                           NEBRASKA BOOK COMPANY, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



            KANSAS                   333-48221                   47-0549819
(State or other jurisdiction of     (Commission               (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)      File Number)             Identification No.)



                             4700 SOUTH 19TH STREET
                             LINCOLN, NE 68501-0529
                    (Address of Principal executive offices)



                                 (402) 421-7300
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



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     ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

     On August 2, 2002, NBC Acquisition  Corp. (the sole shareholder of Nebraska
     Book Company, Inc.) issued a press release announcing that investment funds
     affiliated with Haas Wheat & Partners,  L.P. and certain other shareholders
     of NBC  Acquisition  Corp. had completed a transaction to sell an aggregate
     of  approximately  33%  of  the  issued  and  outstanding   shares  of  NBC
     Acquisition Corp. to certain funds affiliated with Weston Presidio Capital.
     The  transaction was originally  reported,  pending  closing,  in a Current
     Report on Form 8-K filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on
     July 24, 2002.


     ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     (c)   Exhibits

           99.1  Press Release, dated August 2, 2002.


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
     registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
     undersigned hereunto duly authorized on August 5, 2002.



                                             NEBRASKA BOOK COMPANY, INC.



                                             /s/  Mark W. Oppegard
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Mark W. Oppegard
                                             President, Chief Executive Officer
                                             and Director



                                             /s/  Alan G. Siemek
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Alan G. Siemek
                                             Senior Vice President of Finance
                                             and Administration, Chief Financial
                                             Officer, Treasurer and Assistant
                                             Secretary
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): AUGUST 2, 2002

                           NEBRASKA BOOK COMPANY, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            KANSAS                   333-48221                   47-0549819
(State or other jurisdiction of     (Commission               (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)      File Number)             Identification No.)

                             4700 SOUTH 19TH STREET
                             LINCOLN, NE 68501-0529
                    (Address of Principal executive offices)

                                 (402) 421-7300
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

     On August 2, 2002, NBC Acquisition  Corp. (the sole shareholder of Nebraska
     Book Company, Inc.) issued a press release announcing that investment funds
     affiliated with Haas Wheat & Partners,  L.P. and certain other shareholders
     of NBC  Acquisition  Corp. had completed a transaction to sell an aggregate
     of  approximately  33%  of  the  issued  and  outstanding   shares  of  NBC
     Acquisition Corp. to certain funds affiliated with Weston Presidio Capital.
     The  transaction was originally  reported,  pending  closing,  in a Current
     Report on Form 8-K filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on
     July 24, 2002.

     ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     (c)   Exhibits

           99.1  Press Release, dated August 2, 2002.

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
     registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
     undersigned hereunto duly authorized on August 5, 2002.

                                             NEBRASKA BOOK COMPANY, INC.

                                             /s/  Mark W. Oppegard
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Mark W. Oppegard
                                             President, Chief Executive Officer
                                             and Director

                                             /s/  Alan G. Siemek
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Alan G. Siemek
                                             Senior Vice President of Finance
                                             and Administration, Chief Financial
                                             Officer, Treasurer and Assistant
                                             Secretary