CINCINNATI (WXIX) - If you are looking for the latest book releases at the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library, you might have to wait a while before you can read them.

According to published reports, book supplier Baker & Taylor is shutting down due to financial difficulties, which leaves libraries looking for a new vendor.

Holbrook Sample with the Cincinnati Public Library said he had an emotional reaction when he learned that the library’s primary book vendor Baker & Taylor was going out of business.

“I was sad, you know, they’re really a great company. We have a lot of very close ties with a lot of the individuals that work at the company,” he said.

But Sample says he saw the writing on the wall.

“We have been, for several months, had already been noticing that they’ve bee

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