BNET Industries

Baker & Taylor Inc.

is in the Media Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.7B

Private
US

Dow Jones Description

Baker & Taylor is the bibliophile's best friend. Founded in 1828 and headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Baker & Taylor, Inc is the leading distributor of books and other media to libraries and retailers. The company offers some 4 million books and 135,000 multimedia titles. Its Informata.com website offers business-to-business e-commerce services. Its J.A. Majors subsidiary is a major supplier of medical books. The company has revenues of about $1.3 billion and employs about 2,750 workers.

Chairman & CEO

Thomas I. Morgan

Number of Employees 2,600

Contact Information

2550 W Tyvola Rd Ste 300

Charlotte, North Carolina 28217

www.btol.com

(704) 998-3100

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Motion Picture and Video Distribution: 512120

Recent Events

OverDrive Expands eBook and Digital Audiobook Distribution Worldwide

10/14/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Baker & Taylor Launches TextStream Digital Print Service --- Robust On-Demand Capability Creates Efficiencies for...

10/13/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Baker & Taylor Launches New Digital POD Platform

6/10/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Baker & Taylor Unveils New Corporate Brand and Website

5/29/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
RR Donnelley Signs POD Deal

5/28/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

News & Analysis

baker & taylor inc. - All News and Analysis

Port City Web Selected to Integrate Baker & Taylor Database Feed With Website for Wonder Book and Video of Washington, D.C.

- 2007-04-19

Port City Web, LLC ( www.PortCityWeb.com ), an award-winning, full-service website and eCommerce design, development, hosting and online marketing company, today announced that it has been selected by Wonder Book and Video of Washington, D.C., to integrate their current eCommerce website with Baker & Taylor, the leading distributor of books,...

Tags: Baker & Taylor Inc.
Advanced Marketing Services and Baker & Taylor Enter into Letter of Intent on Assets Purchase

- 2007-02-12

SAN DIEGO -- Advanced Marketing Services, Inc. the Company (Pink Sheets: MKTSQ), a leading provider of customized merchandising, wholesaling and contract distribution services, announced today that it has entered into a letter of intent with Baker & Taylor, the world's largest book distributor, to sell the majority of its assets,...

Tags: Baker & Taylor Inc., Company
Financial Media Group signs agreement with Baker & Taylor

- 2006-10-26

M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Financial Media Group Inc (OTC Bulletin Board:FNGP), a financial media and advertising company, has announced that it has signed a logistics and product support agreement with Baker & Taylor Inc, a distributor of books, videos and music products. Baker & Taylor will...

Tags: Baker & Taylor Inc.
Acquisition of Baker & Taylor completed by Castle Harlan

- 2006-07-06

M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Private equity firm Castle Harlan Inc has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Baker & Taylor, a global distributor of books and entertainment products to libraries and retailers, for approximately USD455m. Baker & Taylor was reportedly acquired for Castle Harlan...

Tags: Baker & Taylor Inc., Castle Harlan Inc.
Baker & Taylor sold to third equity firm: Castle Harlan drawn by growth.(acquisitions)(Brief article)

- 2006-05-22

Private equity firm Willis Stein & Partners sold book and video wholesaler Baker & Taylor last week to another private-equity firm, Castle Harlan Inc., for $455 million, the companies reported. Willis Stein acquired Baker & Taylor in 2003 for $255 million from...

Tags: Baker & Taylor Inc., Castle Harlan Inc.

Castle Harlan to acquire Baker & Taylor

- 2006-05-12

M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Book wholesaler Baker & Taylor is to be sold to private equity company Castle Harlan for USD455m. According to The Book Standard another private equity firm, Willis Stein & Partners, is likely to make a USD200m profit on the deal as it...

Tags: Baker & Taylor Inc., Castle Harlan Inc.
Willis Stein & Partners to Sell Baker & Taylor for Approximately $455 Million

- 2006-05-11

CHICAGO -- Willis Stein & Partners, a leading Chicago-based private investment firm, today announced the sale of Baker & Taylor, a Willis Stein portfolio company and the leading distributor of books, video, music and electronic games products to the global institutional library and retail markets, to a company organized by...

Tags: Baker & Taylor Inc.
YBP Library Services, a Baker & Taylor Company, entered into a collaborative venture with the Library of Congress Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team (BEAT).(Sci-Tech)(Brief Article)

- 2006-01-01

YBP Library Services, a Baker & Taylor Company, entered into a collaborative venture with the Library of Congress Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team BEAT. BEAT expanded its "reviews" project to include E-STREAMS: Electronic reviews of Science & Technology References, a free, monthly electronic book review journal ...

Tags: Baker & Taylor Inc., The Library of Congress
Varsity Group Announces Extension of Its Agreement With Baker & Taylor and Schedules Second Quarter Earnings Release Date

- 2005-07-27

Varsity Group Inc. (NASDAQ: VSTY) announced today that it signed an amendment to its current agreement with its fulfillment partner, Baker and Taylor, Inc. ("Baker & Taylor") extending the agreement to June 30, 2008. The agreement was originally scheduled to expire on June 30, 2006. Baker & Taylor, a leading...

Tags: Baker & Taylor Inc., Varsity Group
Linworth partners with Baker & Taylor on eLists.(Linworth Publishing)(Brief Article)

- 2005-06-01

Linworth Publishing announces the launch of thematic "eLists" for K-12 professional development titles of Reading and Literacy, Technology and Information Literacy, and School Library Management on the School Selection area of the Baker & Taylor web site. These lists were developed to provide essential professional ...

Tags: Baker & Taylor Inc.

page 1 of 4

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio)	Position
David Cully	President, Retail Markets
Gary Shirk	Coo, Ybp Library Services
Jeff Leonard	CFO & Executive Vice President
Matt Carroll	CIO & Senior Vice President
Robert Nelson	Executive Vice President, Strategic Business Dev
Bradley Murchison	Senior Vice President
Frank Wolbert	Senior Vice President, Entertainment Group
James Benjamin	Senior Vice President, Operations
Jean Srnecz	Senior Vice President, Merchandising
William Preston	Senior Vice President, Retail & International Sales
Chris Kouzes	Director, Marketing
Ginger Mason	Group Director, Hr
Joanne Young	Director, Marketing
Polly Bonnett	Assistant Director of Library Services at the Sierra Madre
Amy Baldwin	Manager, Comm
Gene Hyde	Instruction Librarian at Radford University
Marci Cohen	Multimedia Librarian at Northbrook
Mark Maloney

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio)	Position
Thomas I. Morgan	Chairman & CEO
John R. Willis	Board Director
Justin B. Wender	Board of Directors

Organization	Position	Status
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Chairman & CEO	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	President, Retail Markets	Current
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Executive Vice President, Mdsg & Marketing Services	Former

Organization	Position	Status
YBP Library Services	President & COO	Current
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Coo, Ybp Library Services	Current
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Senior Vice President	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	CFO & Executive Vice President	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	CIO & Senior Vice President	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Executive Vice President, Strategic Business Dev	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Senior Vice President	Current
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	General Counsel	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Senior Vice President, Entertainment Group	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Senior Vice President, Operations	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Senior Vice President, Merchandising	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Senior Vice President, Retail & International Sales	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Director, Marketing	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Group Director, Hr	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Director, Marketing	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Assistant Director of Library Services at the Sierra Madre	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Manager, Comm	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Instruction Librarian at Radford University	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Multimedia Librarian at Northbrook	Current

Mark joined Blackwell in April of 2005. He arrived as the new Director of Book Operations at our Blackwood, NJ facility. Mark comes to Blackwell with 20 years of experience in book distribution working for companies such as Barnes & Noble, Baker & Taylor and most recently, Borders. Mark ran the East Coast operations for Borders for over 7 years and then spent over 3 years working at their corporate offices on enterprise systems implementations. Most recently, Mark was appointed as Vice President of Book Operations.

Organization	Position	Status
Blackwell Ltd.	Vice President of Book Operations	Current
Barnes & Noble, Inc.		Current
Baker & Taylor, Inc.		Current

Organization	Position	Status
Willis Stein & Partners	Chief Executive Officer	Current
Roundy's Supermarkets Inc.	Board Director	Current
Compupay, Inc.	Board Director	Current
Illinois Venture Capital Association	Vice Chairman	Current
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Board Director	Current
National Veterinary Associates	Board Director	Current
Aavid Thermal Technologies, Inc.	Board Director	Current
Merit Health Systems, LLC	Board Director	Current
CIVC Partners	President	Former
Willis Stein & Partners	Co-Founder & Managing Partner	Former
Continental Bank Corporation	Corporate Banking	Former
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business	MBA	Former
Purdue University	BS	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Castle Harlan, Inc.	President	Current
Carleton College	Trustee	Current
Ames True Temper, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
Baker & Taylor, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
The Pew Center	Board Member	Current
Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
Castle Harlan, Inc.	chief investment officer	Former
Castle Harlan, Inc.	Senior Managing Director	Former
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.	Corporate Finance Group	Former
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants, Inc	Board of Directors	Former
Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania	MBA	Former
School of the University of Pennsylvania	M.B.A.	Former
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania	M.B.A	Former
Carleton College	B.A. In Political Science	Former

Executive News

Baker & Taylor Boasts Beatles Inventory to Tune of Nearly $1 Million

Top40-Charts - 8/19/09 - View Story
Baker & Taylor Boasts Beatles Inventory to Tune of Nearly $1 Million

Carolina Newswire - 8/19/09 - View Story
Baker & Taylor Boasts Beatles Inventory to Tune of Nearly $1 Million

NewsBlaze - 8/18/09 - View Story
Baker & Taylor Boasts Beatles Inventory to Tune of Nearly $1 Million

PR Newswire - 8/18/09 - View Story