Clock Is Ticking on B&T Retail Shutdown - Publishers Weekly

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere when he heard crying and wailing. Following all the heart-wrenching noises took our brave kitty to the Publishers Weekly site. With no trouble at all he found the post about Baker and Taylor that was causing all the angst.


According to Publishers Weekly's Jim Milliot, Baker and Taylor is shutting down its retail wholesaling business. Baker and Taylor will no longer ship books from publishers to independent booksellers. Booksellers will now have to order their books directly from the publishers. Publishers have begun setting up programs to fill the void left by Baker and Taylor's withdrawl from the market. The post includes links to previous posts about the shutdown and information about the publishers' plans.

It will all work out.

Panzer says, "By closing down their retail wholesaling business Baker and Taylor is causing a little bit of a mess for independent booksellers."

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of lemonade and two sugar cookies (biscuits) for today's reading selection. If you plan to follow all the links, bring a thermos of cocoa and half a dozen muffins. (You'll need something more substantial than lemonade and cookies (biscuits) if you're going to follow all those links.)

To read the post tootle over to Baker and Taylor