Where Will Your Bookstore Buy Books?
That has suddenly become the question of the hour for independent bookstores with the announcement May 1 that Baker and Taylor will cease bookstore sales to concentrate on their school and library business. Many bookstores, especially in the West, have depended on B&T for rapid replenishment of stock, a key piece of bookstore strategy.
The change is expected to be rapid, with many parts of the operation ceasing as of June 1.Baker and Taylor is one of two national wholesale distributors supplying the independents .
https://www.bookweb.org/news/baker-taylor-drop-wholesale-book-distribution-retailers-572191
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May 16, 2019