Book distributor shutting down deals logistical blow to libraries Baker and Taylor is among a few companies that act as the distribution middle man between libraries and publishers. The company's announcement that it is shutting down is a blow to librarians.

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Libraries are reeling after a major distributor shutdown. This Thursday brings bad news for book lovers. Baker & Taylor, one of the largest distributors for print library books in America, is closing down—and throwing the distribution pipeline into (a…

A major library book distributor (Baker & Taylor) is shutting down, creating chaos in the print pipeline and squeezing library budgets. buff.ly/nEldz5P #Libraries #BookDistribution #PublishingNews #BookIndustry #IndieBookstores #BakerAndTaylor #BookPipeline

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Dang. Today was the day I removed Baker & Taylor from my tabs open upon startup group on Chrome. #librarylife #libsky #librarysky #bakerandtaylor

Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.

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oh. We're really starting to feel the pinch of no more Baker & Taylor. I left early Friday because I had nothing to catalog. #librarylife #librarysky #bakerandtaylor (image source: "The True Tails of Baker and Taylor : the Library Cats who left their Pawprints on a small town ... and the world")

Dang, looks like the new release calendar is gone from Baker & Taylor. #bakerandtaylor #librarylife #libsky #librarysky #techservices

W.R. Grace, Baker & Taylor pay $15.5 million to settle fraud case on book sales | Phillips & Cohen WASHINGTON, DC – W.R. Grace & Co. and its former book division, Baker & Taylor Inc., agreed this week to pay $15.5 million to settle charges that they defrauded libraries, schools and government offic...

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Hundreds of jobs will be lost as 200-year-old Charlotte company prepares to close After a potential sale of the business collapsed, the company was “unsuccessful in seeking a path to continue its business operations.”

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Nationwide supplier that sold books to libraries for community use closes down after 200 years Library book distributor Baker & Taylor reportely started laying off 520 employees without providing severance this week after a failed ReaderLink deal

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I just read that #BakerAndTaylor are shutting down.

Librarians and their “Cat Bags” One doesn’t have to be a librarian for long to find out that the first thing to do at a professional library conference is making a beeline straight to the Baker & Taylor table to get a s…

While baker & taylor is pretty much ... over, never forget them little cats, the irl Baker & Taylor: tclibraryblog.wordpress.com/2019/03/06/l... #librarylife #bakerandtaylor #libsky