Baker & Taylor and Wiley Ink Print-On-Demand Agreement
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker & Taylor Inc., the world's largest distributor of physical and digital books and entertainment products, today announced it has signed an agreement for its TextStream Digital Print Service to provide print-to-order services for leading publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Wiley's wide variety of backlist titles, spanning a broad range of well-known professional and trade series, will be available for quick delivery to Baker & Taylor's worldwide network of library and retail customers.
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"This agreement with Wiley, a premier publishing partner, is a noteworthy step in the growth of Baker & Taylor's TextStream services," said Tom Morgan, CEO of Baker & Taylor. "Wiley has been a thought leader and active proponent of the effective use of digital printing, and we are pleased that Wiley has chosen TextStream to be a trusted service provider in this arena."
Its agreement with Wiley is Baker & Taylor's latest step in expanding TextStream's reach in the publishing community. TextStream provides publishers with a full range of print-on-demand/print-to-order services with a wide variety of binding formats and trim sizes. TextStream eliminates inventory guesswork by printing publishers' books as publishers sell them. Combined with Baker & Taylor's unparalleled reach into library and retail channels, TextStream is an exceptional partner for Wiley, which has a wide-ranging selection of must-have titles covering such subjects as business, education, health, religion and travel.
"We chose Baker & Taylor because of the expanded reach into public and academic libraries that its extensive distribution network affords to the many thousands of titles in our Global Demand Print Program," said Lynn Terhune, noted industry spokesperson and Global Digital Print Administrator for Wiley Corporate. "We are delighted that TextStream will help us quickly get our highly informative books into readers' hands."
About Baker & Taylor
Baker & Taylor, Inc. (www.baker-taylor.com) is a global information and entertainment services company that offers print and digital books and entertainment products along with value-added services to libraries, educational institutions and retailers. Based in Charlotte, N.C., the company has been in existence for more than 180 years, developing long-term relationships with major suppliers, including book publishers, movie studios and music labels. Baker & Taylor maintains one of the largest combined in-stock book, video and music inventories in the United States, and services the broadest customer base in the industry. Baker & Taylor is majority owned by Castle Harlan Partners IV, L.P., an institutional private equity fund managed by Castle Harlan Inc., a leading private equity investment firm.
About Wiley
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (www.wiley.com) has been a valued source of information and understanding for more than 200 years, helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Wiley and its acquired companies have published the works of more than 400 Nobel laureates in all categories: Literature, Economics, Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry and Peace. The Hoboken, N.J.-based company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb. Wiley's portfolio of global brands includes For Dummies, Frommer's, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, CliffsNotes, Webster's New World, J.K. Lasser, Jossey-Bass, Pfeiffer and Sybex. Subject areas include business, technology, architecture, professional culinary, psychology, education, travel, health, religion, consumer reference, pets and general interest.
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