Inside the Collapse: What Traditional Publishers Don’t Want You to Know About Their Imminent Demise

When the Borders bookstore chain went out of business in 2011, it had a significant impact on traditional book publishing distribution. Amazon was already hard at work putting Borders and other bookstores out of business.

Wikipedia has a long list of traditional publishers who have gone out of business. And each year, more succumb. Traditional publishing has become an unsustainable business model.

In 2025, Baker & Taylor, the main book distributor for public and academic schools and libraries, went out of business after 128 years.

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