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| Company type | Limited liability company |
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| Industry | eBooks, Library Services, Software and App Development, Digital Content Management, Publishing |
| Founder | John Eldred Jr. |
| Headquarters | Holland, OH, United States |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | John Eldred Jr. (President and CEO), Jeff Jankowski (VP) |
| Products | physical and digital fulfillment services for libraries and publishers |
| Number of employees | 350 |
| Website | www |
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.
History
Midwest Tape LLC was founded in 1989 and is located in Holland, Ohio. 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.
Subsidiaries
Dreamscape: an audiobook and video production company.
Hoopla digital: a web and mobile platform for accessing digital content through public libraries.
References
- ^ Chengery, Elyse. "Midwest Tape expands global HQ in Holland". WNWO. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
- "Midwest Tape, LLC: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
- ^ "Midwest Tape grows with new HQ, warehouse". The Blade. 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
- "Welcome to Dreamscape". www.dreamscapeab.com. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
- "Midwest Tape Launches Hoopla Pilot for Pay-Per-Circ Streaming Media". www.thedigitalshift.com. Retrieved 2017-11-08.