Baker & Taylor is a leading full-line distributor of books, video and music products to libraries (including public, school, academic, corporate, government, association and many other specialty libraries) independent and chain bookstores, as well as video stores and music stores. In addition, the company is a valuable partner to specialty stores, grocery stores, and other retail stores that carry entertainment products. Baker & Taylor has been in business for over 176 years and has developed long-term relationships with major suppliers, including book publishers, movie studios, and music labels, shipping more than 1 million unique ISBNs (SKUs) annually. Baker & Taylor maintains one of the largest combined in-stock book, video and music inventories in the United States with approximately 385,000 titles in inventory and over 1.5 million titles available for order.

As an aggregation partner to Baker & Taylor, Global provides publishers and producers quick and complete access to their distribution services and unique customer base. Under the Global program, vendors enjoy virtually immediate set-up and added customer care services with full scale distribution privileges and marketing vehicle access.

Global consolidates many independent producers and publishers under one large Global vendor umbrella. This reduces resource allocation and risk for Baker & Taylor so that they are able to rapidly set up new products without lengthy due diligence and contract negotiation.
In effect, we buy products from our vendors and sell them to Baker & Taylor. Vendors ship directly to the distributor's warehouses thereby eliminating any additional freight costs. We help our distributors stay competitive and our vendors maintain their channel pricing strategies by not marking up the price of the product as we sell it to Baker & Taylor. Instead, Global works off nominal fees similar to what manufacturers would pay under a direct relationship with the distributor.

Once a company is set-up for participation in the program, its products are rapidly made available for purchase from Baker & Taylor by their customer base. Global vendor partners also enjoy access to the distributor's sales enhancing marketing vehicles. Your own Global Product manager will keep you up to date on new programs and events, including free promotional opportunities as they arise.