Reed Elsevier is transitioning its operation away from advertising-reliant businesses.
The college began soliciting proposals in May from private bookstore operators to take over the store, a move expected to bolster revenue and customer service while simultaneously transitioning the operation into an era of digital copy.
The chaotic Trump transition operation has yet to send a delegation to NASA headquarters.
Representatives of Trump's transition operation and his business operation did not reply to requests for comment.
John Podesta, who will head the transition operation, is another key figure, a former chief of staff at the Clinton White House.
Dick Cheney, his vice presidential nominee and transition director, said he was opening a full-scale transition operation in rented space in Washington, using donations.
Gov. George W. Bush of Texas is going to the soft-money well once again, this time to raise cash for his transition operation.
As of Tuesday night, before it was even certain that Mr. Bush would become president, his skeletal transition operation here had received 20,177 job applications.
Last summer, he asked a longtime adviser and former aide, Roy Neel, to lead a pre-election transition operation that would focus on process but not on personnel.
The flurry of announcements indicated that Mr. Trump was gaining control over a transition operation that had been entangled in infighting during its early stages.
