CINCINNATI — Baker & Taylor, one of the country's largest book vendors, is shutting down after nearly 200 years due to financial struggles, leaving libraries nationwide facing inventory delays and forced to find new suppliers.

The company's closure, which comes after a failed acquisition deal, is already creating ripple effects for local libraries that relied on Baker & Taylor for their book collections.

"We were not particularly surprised. We had been having issues with order fulfillment from Baker & Taylor since the spring," said Chantelle Phillips, library director at Campbell County Public Library in Cold Spring.

After almost 200 years, book vendor Baker & Taylor is shutting down

"It made us think that they were having issues getting books from publishers, and so we had decided t

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