| Midwest Tape, LLC | |
| Type: | Limited liability company |
| Industry: | eBooks, Library Services, Software and App Development, Digital Content Management, Publishing |
| Founder: | John Eldred Jr. |
| Hq Location: | Holland, OH |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Key People: | John Eldred Jr. (President and CEO), Jeff Jankowski (VP) |
| Products: | physical and digital fulfillment services for libraries and publishers |
| Num Employees: | 350 |
| Location Country: | United States |
Midwest Tape LLC is a full-service distributor serving the public library sector. The company specializes in shelf-ready DVDs, Blu-rays, physical audiobooks, and similar merchandise that libraries can purchase "pre-processed" with the needed bar codes, labels, RFID, and other tags necessary for libraries. The Midwest Tape catalog includes more than 13 million titles.[1]
Midwest Tape LLC was founded in 1989 and is located in Holland, Ohio.[2] Its origins trace back to 1983 in which, John Eldred, the owner of a video rental store "Sights and Sounds" in Toledo, Ohio, was encouraged by a customer to sell used VHS tapes to public libraries. Subsequently, selling VHS tapes to public libraries became a significant part of the "Sights and Sounds" business. Then, in 1989, John Eldred founded Midwest Tape to specifically serve the public library market.[3]
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