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Barnes & Noble Moves to Fill the Baker & Taylor Void with 3.5 Million Library Titles

Barnes & Noble has upgraded its &Classwork B2B platform to offer 3.5 million titles to libraries, with faster delivery and easier payments, as multiple distributors compete to replace Baker & Taylor following its bankruptcy.

March 18, 2026Publishers Weekly

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Baker & Taylor Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Ending 198 Years as America's Premier Book Distributor

Baker & Taylor, the 198-year-old book distributor founded in 1828, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the District of New Jersey with $100M–$500M in liabilities and just $1M–$10M in assets. Its largest unsecured creditors include Penguin Random House ($23.3M), Simon & Schuster ($16.5M), HarperCollins ($15.5M), and Macmillan's MPS ($3.8M). Libraries that prepaid for undelivered books are owed approximately $33 million.

March 18, 2026Publishers Lunch

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