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The wholesaler members of EBMA offer schools and libraries volume discounts on a wide selection of titles, representing most major publishers and important small presses that publish for the educational market. Many wholesalers also offer prebound books, new (unused) paperback books that have been rebound for durability with hard covers and special adhesives to withstand heavy usage. Click on a wholesaler name below to find out more information.
Adams Book Co.
AKJ Books
American Reading Company
Baker and Taylor, Inc.
BMI Educational Services
Books4School
Bound To Stay Bound Books, Inc.
Brodart Co., Books Division
Budgetext Corp.
Children's Plus, Inc.
Davidson Titles, Inc.
Delaney Educational Enterprises, Inc.
Follett Educational Services, Inc.
Follett Library Resources
Gumdrop Books
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Ingram Library Services Inc.
Knowledge Industries, Inc.
Lectorum Publications
Mackin Library Media
Milligan News
Mrs. Nelson's Library Services
Perfection Learning Corp.
Perma-Bound Books
Rainbow Book Company
Saddleback Educational, Inc.
Social Studies School Service
Southwest Book Company
Steps To Literacy
The Booksource, Inc.
the distributors
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Adams Book Co.
537 Sackett St.
Brooklyn, NY 11217
www.adamsbook.com
Phone: (800) 221-0909
Fax: (888) 229-2650
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Adams Book Company is an excellent source for paperbacks, prebound paperbacks, reference and supplemental materials. Adams stocks thousands of titles from leading publishers that are carefully selected for school use by our staff of teachers and book experts. We can supply any book in print at the same large discounts offered on our catalog items. We help you stretch your budget, mass-market and trade titles are 35% off cover price when ordering 10 or more copies. Our staff will be happy to assist you with selecting a title for any given course. When available, Adams provides free teacher's guides for many titles. Please visit our online catalog at www.adamsbook.com. Adams is an authorized RIF supplier.
AKJ Books
4702 Benson Avenue
Halethorpe, MD 21227
www.akjbooks.com
Phone: (800) 922-6066
Fax: (888) 770-2338
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AKJ is a book wholesaler that specializes in serving the individual needs of K-12 schools, education companies, and literacy program throughout North America. AKJ has provided exceptional service to educators and schools for 35 years and remains committed to making book selection and purchasing as easy as possible.
In addition to great books at great prices, we also offer a variety of services and programs including custom title research, fundraising programs and book clubs, and overstock/remainder shopping services. Each year we publish book collections for Elementary Schools and Secondary Schools, Reading Recovery teachers and programs, and State Book Award programs. We are also the second largest supplier of Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) books in the nation.
Call us today to experience the ease and convenience of AKJ.
American Reading Company
201 S. Gulph Rd.
King of Prussia, PA 19406
www.americanreading.com
Phone: (610) 992-4150
Fax: (610) 992-4156
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American Reading Company provides schools across the nation with a large, constantly changing collection of high interest, multi-level books for every classroom. Our standards-based organizing system allows teachers to use any trade book instructionally. We hand-select and hand-level books from over 250 publishers in order to offer the widest range of quality literature to schools. American Reading Company is proud to be a national procurement partner that enables more than 1 million students nationwide to read every day, at school and at home, with books that match their interests and their reading level.
Baker and Taylor, Inc.
2550 West Tyvola Road
Charlotte, NC 28217
www.baker-taylor.com
Phone: (800) 775-1800
Fax: (800) 775-3500
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Baker & Taylor is a leading distributor of books, videos, and music products to libraries, institutions and retailers. We are passionate about books and entertainment products. We have been in business for 181 years and have developed long-term relationships with major book publishers, movie studios and music labels. We have more than 44,000 customers in more than 120 countries and we ship more than 1 million unique products (SKUs) annually. We also maintain one of the largest in-stock inventories of books, videos and music in the U.S. - about 385,000 titles in inventory and more than 1.5 million titles available for order. We are also embracing a new chapter: the digital age. Baker & Taylor has partnered with best-in-class technology companies to help our suppliers manage bundled physical and digital content, and to give our customers digital and print-on-demand solutions. B&T also offers opening day collections, cataloging and processing services for schools and we publish The School Selection Guide three times a year.
BMI Educational Services
PO Box 800
Dayton, NJ 08810
www.bmionline.com
Phone: (800) 222-8100
Fax: (800) 986-9393
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Complete K-12 distributor of paperbacks, BMI Bound books, teacher's guides, books on audio tape and cd, reference books, test prep books, and movies on VHD and DVD. We have the fastest service, most accurate and highest fulfillment rates!
Call BMI for the service you deserve!
Please call for a free catalog.
"Fastest Service, Quality Products, Outstanding Prices"
Books4School
201 E. Badger Rd.
Madison, WI 53713
www.books4school.com
Phone: 800-752-3131
Fax: 608-277-2410
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Books4School is a nationwide distributor of trade books to the educational community that has been working with school districts for over 40 years. We are an approved RIF vendor and maintain an extensive inventory of more than 11,000 popular PreK-Adult titles. Further, we will special order any title available to us, not listed in our catalog. Need orders separated by school or classroom? That's just part of our service. Our on-going commitment is to provide more than you expect. We will do what is necessary to gain your trust. Our experienced staff is only a toll free call away.
Bound To Stay Bound Books, Inc.
1880 West Morton Road
Jacksonville, IL 62650
www.btsb.com
Phone: (800) 637-6586
Fax: (800) 747-2872
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Bound To Stay Bound, our name says it all! Since 1920, we have provided the best in children's and young adult titles. Using trade editions whenever possible, we bind our books to the rigid specifications of the Library Binding Institute. Each of our 18,000 titles has a cover made of durable library buckram and illustrated with the title's original artwork. In addition, we emphasize the following: Selection and ordering tools on the
Internet or in print; Complete cataloging and processing services, including FREE MARC records; FREE shipping and handling; AR Quizzes; Rapid order fulfillment from our huge inventory and Customized Opening Day Collections.
Brodart Co., Books Division
500 Arch St.
Williamsport, PA 17705
www.brodart.com
Phone: (800) 233-8467
Fax: (800) 999-6799
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Whether you are a school, academic or public library, you can count on Brodart Co., the full service library company. We provide solutions for every aspect of your library experience. From Opening Day Collections to On Going Services and Collection Development our Books & Automation Division can assist you with any library need. For those new furniture or renovation projects you can trust our experts in the Custom Contract Furniture Division. When it comes to a wide range of supplies from signage to archival products our Supplies & Furniture Division can also fill your needs. For more than 65 years Brodart has been the librarian's partner in creating innovative, competitively priced solutions for every aspect of library operations.
Budgetext Corp.
1936 N. Shiloh Drive
Fayetteville, AR 72704
www.budgetext.com
Phone: 888-888-2272
Fax: 800-642-2665
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Budgetext is a family owned company originally founded in 1968. With the inception of our K-12 division in 1994 Budgetext has helped schools and districts since. We have dedicated our integrity, resources, and energy to providing students' needs while reducing the impact on schools' budgets. We are committed to partnership with public, charter, and private schools. From small schools to large districts, comprehensive orders to fill-ins and replacements, we deliver exceptional selection and personal service. Through our K-12 Special Markets division we offer paperbacks, prebound paperbacks, and reference materials at exceptional prices. Located in Fayetteville, AR, we have over 300,000 square feet of warehouse space to serve your needs.
Children's Plus, Inc. (CPI) is dedicated to providing quality pre-bound books to public libraries and schools, both in the classroom and in school media centers around the country. We have an extensive library of titles to choose from including our own pre-bound books or from library-bound editions that we provide from select educational publishers.
Let us do the work for you! You can count on CPI to help you identify your needs to put together a product selection that best suits YOUR needs, which is backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
CPI is committed to YOU to provide sound educational tools that will enhance the reading experience for all children.
Davidson Titles, Inc., based in Jackson, Tennessee, has been a highly respected leader in serving libraries and classrooms with the best materials for over 28 years. Both the quality and the experience of our sales representatives are unsurpassed. This, along with the services and staff at our modern distribution facility, makes us the company to fill your library and classroom needs from beginning to end.
Delaney Educational Enterprises, Inc.
1455 West Morena Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92110
www.deebooks.com
Phone: (800) 788-5557
Fax: (800) 660-2199
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Delaney Educational Enterprises, Inc. (DEE) has been serving schools and school libraries for over 40 years with an excellent reputation for service and satisfaction. We proudly provide shelf-ready non-fiction and fiction for libraries, as well as curriculum-based paperbacks for classrooms. Because we work with the best publishers in the industry, we guarantee that you receive the lowest published price on all the titles we offer. Our dedicated and experienced sales representatives provide you with the convenience of local service and a wide variety of catalogs and samples from which to choose. Our commitment is to provide quality products at competitive pricing, with knowledgeable and personalized customer service.
Follett Educational Services, Inc.
1433 Internationale Parkway
Woodridge, IL 60517
www.fes.follett.com
Phone: 800-621-4272
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Follett Library Resources
1340 Ridgeview Drive
McHenry, IL 60050
www.titlewave.com.
Phone: (888) 511-5114
Fax: (800)852-5458
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At Follett Library Resources we pride ourselves in providing the best K-12 school and library books, audiovisual materials, and related services available. We are the partner of choice for K-12 schools looking for world-class service, selection, ease of ordering, and best overall value.
In business 30 years, GUMDROP BOOKS is a family-owned company that has grown from a mom-and-pop operation to a major international distributor of top educational materials for PreK through College level. We offer high-quality titles to public and private schools and public libraries worldwide.
Our automated 139,000 square-foot warehouse in Bethany, MO contains over three million books from 80+ publishers. We keep all titles offered in stock to ensure when you order a book, you get that book. Our fulfillment rate is over 96 percent.
We strongly believe in the importance of developing relationships with our customers. If you're new to the Gumdrop family, welcome. If you're already a customer, you've experienced our products and services firsthand. We hope everything exceeded your expectations because we guarantee your satisfaction, unconditionally.
Ingram Library Services Inc.
One Ingram Blvd.
LaVergne, TN 37086
www.ingramlibrary.com
Phone: 800-937-5300
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Ingram Library Services is a full-service distributor to libraries of all types. We combine the largest book inventory in the industry with fast delivery, collection development services, cataloging and processing, music, video, and Spanish-language books for youth and adults--all available through our online collection development tool, ipageĀ®. To learn more about Ingram, visit our Web site or e-mail us at ExperienceIt@ingrambook.com.
Knowledge Industries, a provider of PreK-12 educational materials, is dedicated to helping the members of the education community reach their goals efficiently. Unique to Knowledge Industries and essential to educators, the titles offered in our curriculum-based catalogs are leveled by Fountas and Pinnell's Guided Reading levels and are matched with performance standards.
With unparalleled customer service and a lifetime guarantee on everything we sell, Knowledge Industries packages a pleasant experience with every order. And because we represent over 250 different publishers we have the ability to get most any book in print. Therefore when you make your purchases with Knowledge Industries you are dealing with one accommodating source for billing, payment, shipping, deliveries, resolution of issues, etc. All you do is place your order and the rest is up to us.
Lectorum Publications
205 Chubb Avenue
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
www.lectorum.com
Phone: (800) 853-3291
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The oldest and largest Spanish-language book
distributor in the United States.
Mackin Library Media
3505 County Road 42 West
Burnsville, MN 55306
www.mackin.com
Phone: (800) 245-9540
Fax: (800)369-5490
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Mackin Library Media is a worldwide K-12 school library acquisition service, providing any available book (any binding), video, audio, or CD-Rom in print. Using multiple databases and a network of distribution relationships, Mackin has access to millions of in-print titles, with over 2.5 million titles detailed online at www.mackin.com. More importantly, Mackin provides all titles fully cataloged with complete USMARC records at no additional cost and free custom shelf-ready basic processing. In addition, shipping is free on orders of $50 or more. Mackin also specializes in opening day collections for K-12 schools, and can prebind any paperback book in print. Mackin consistently custom designs services to fit the exact needs of its valuable customers.
Milligan News
150 N Autumn Street
San Jose, CA 95110
www.milligannews.com
Phone: (800) 873-2387
Fax: (408) 293-5669
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Milligan News Company has been supplying books to schools, libraries, library programs, institutions, college stores, teachers and other educators since we established our school and library division in 1962. We are Northern California's leading supplier of educational books with over $2.2 million in inventory, representing most major publishers.
Milligan News Co. has a vast selection of paperback titles for children, young adults and adults. We have a large inventory of Spanish language, Spanish/English and other bilingual titles, along with dictionaries and literature in several different foreign languages.
Mrs. Nelson's began nearly 25 years ago as a small, independent toy and book shop serving our local, Southern California communities through fun, educational activities and products. Through the years, our company has grown to include a school book fair company serving over 500 local schools, a book bindery, and a library division providing special ordering services and custom cataloging and processing.
Mrs. Nelson's is a family-run company, founded by Judy Nelson, with the purpose of encouraging literacy and instilling a love of reading in children. Judy recently handed down the day-to-day operations of the business to her daughter, Laura, and son, Patrick. Laura is the president of the Book Fair division and her son, Patrick, is running the Library Services division. Andrea Vuleta is the manager of the retail store as well as the current president of the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association. You can view more information about our events and services on our website.
Perfection Learning Corp.
1000 North Second Ave.
Logan, IA 51546
www.plconline.com
Phone: (800) 831-4190
Fax: (712) 644-3071
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Perfection Learning, founded in 1926, is a K-12 educational publisher and distributor of fiction and nonfiction trade books from major publishers and many small presses. We serve the school classroom and library markets. Library processing services are available for paperback and our exclusive Cover Craft prebound editions, which are durable and economical. We are also a full-line distributor of Accelerated Reader software and books. Instructional materials we publish include an extensive line of hi/lo books for grades 2-12 reluctant readers, middle school/high school literature, test preparation materials, teacher resources for trade books, and language arts products.
Perma-Bound Books
East Vandalia Road
Jacksonville, IL 62650
www.perma-bound.com
Phone: (800) 637-6581
Fax: (800) 551-1169
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Perma-Bound, a division of Hertzberg-New Method Inc. has been a leader in the book rebinding industry now for 43 years. With this basis of knowledge and experience, we set the standard that the industry would follow, by being the first to offer an unconditional guarantee on its Perma-Bound books. We also set yet another standard for the industry to follow by being the first to offer the laminated book cover. Perma-Bound has been family owned and operated since its beginning. We offer our customers big business service, knowledge, and experience, but with a small town feel and personalized customer service.
Rainbow Book Company is a distributor of fiction and non-fiction library books starting at the pre-K level through middle school. Rainbow Book Company features accelerated reader titles and the newest copyrights of all books maintained in our inventory.
At Rainbow Book Company, we have a very unique approach which allows our clients to save time, money and resources when it is time to order their books. We have local sales representatives who after making an appointment, bring all of our current titles to the library so the librarian can see the quality of the books while observing the contents and reading level of the books.In addition, each title the representative brings for your review is maintained in our inventory and therefore, Rainbow Book Company can guarantee virtually 100% fulfillment on every order.
Saddleback Educational, Inc.
Three Watson
Irvine, CA 92618-2767
www.sdlback.com
Phone: (888)SDLBACK
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Saddleback Educational, Inc. We offer choices. High-interest curriculum materials are available for the following subjects: Reading, Classics, English-Language Arts, Referencing and Dictionaries, Test Preparation, Life Skills, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and History. Materials are available for all grades, K to 12, plus ELD and Adult Education. Our full selection includes Newbery award-winning paperback books, adapted classics, chapter books, textbooks, workbooks, reproducible teacher resources, audiobooks, instructional videos, software, and much more! We are pleased to introduce Classics Illustrated (TM), the original graphic novel - 36 colorful classic titles now available from Saddleback. Please visit our website for more information.
Social Studies School Service
10200 Jefferson Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
www.socialstudies.com
Phone: (800) 421-4246
Fax: (800) 944-5432
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Social Studies School Service distributes a wide variety of highly selected
supplementary curriculum materials for social studies, language arts,
guidance, health and family/consumer education. Visit our web site for
access to all of our materials or to obtain many free lesson plans. Over
40 catalogs available which may be requested on line or by calling our
toll-free telephone number 800-421-4246.
Southwest Book Company
13003 H Murphy Rd.
Stafford, TX 77477
Phone: (800) 444-1228
Fax: (281) 498-7566
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Steps To Literacy
PO Box 6737
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
www.stepstoliteracy.com
Phone: (800) 895-2804
Fax: (866) 560-8699
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Now well into our second decade, Steps To Literacy is one of the nation's leading suppliers of elementary educational materials.
From book collections to Pack - N ReadsĀ®, our instructional materials, have become standardized in many school districts. All of our exclusive products are developed by our nationally recognized staff of educational consultants. We also represent over 150 nationally known publishers to provide the best selection of trade books for children in grades K-8.
Our product offering of over 14,000 items continues to expand. We now offer the best products for developing a quality educational environment for elementary school education, covering topics such as reading, writing, math, science and social studies.
The Booksource, Inc.
1230 Macklind
St. Louis, MO 63110
www.booksource.com
Phone: (800) 444-0435
Fax: (800) 647-1923
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For building or supplementing their classroom libraries, leveled reading collections, or classroom sets of books, Booksource gives teachers the largest selection of paperback titles in the industry. In addition to affordable paperbacks, Booksource prebound books carry a lifetime guarantee. Thousands of thematic sets, classroom libraries, and specialized lists and catalogs address the diverse needs of curriculum and reading specialists. We also build free customized lists for customers' special budgetary or curriculum requirements. Booksource begins its fourth decade of service to schools with a renewed mission to help our nation's teachers fill their classrooms with good books. For a free catalog, or to learn more visit our Web site: www.booksource.com.
the distributors
702 South Michigan St.
South Bend, IN 46601
www.thedistributors.com
Phone: (800) 348-5200
Fax: (312) 803-0887
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Founded in 1971 as a wholesaler of conventional and alternative publications with a modest list of fifty titles with a half-dozen accounts, the distributors has grown to become a full service wholesaler serving more than 3,500 retail bookstores, major chains, schools and libraries throughout the United States with list of 20,000 different titles from all major publishers and over 1,500 smaller presses. In 1976 the distributors moved from a 1,200 square foot basement to its present location --- a 30,000 square foot warehouse located in downtown South Bend. In 1990 a second warehouse with an additional 45,000 square foot of space was purchased, reflecting the continuing growth of both our title selection and our customer base nationally and abroad.
the distributors continues to be an industry leader in the areas of order fulfillment, speed of delivery and technology innovation, including the use of electronic ordering, bar coding and and data transfer. Orders are shipped on the same day received and our fulfillment rate traditionally averages 90%. In addition, the distributors provides total fulfillment servicing to smaller press publishers, including packaging and publishing consultation.
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