Midwest Tape

Midwest Tape, LLC

Company type| Limited liability company
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

| Jeff Jankowski (President and CEO)
Products| physical and digital fulfillment services for libraries and publishers

Number of employees

| 350
Website| www.midwesttape.com

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]

## History

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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.[citation needed] Subsequently, selling VHS tapes to public libraries became a significant part of the "Sights and Sounds" business.[1][3] Then, in 1989, John Eldred founded Midwest Tape to specifically serve the public library market.[1][3]

## Subsidiaries

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Dreamscape:[4] an audiobook and video production company.

Hoopla digital:[5] a web and mobile platform for accessing digital content through public libraries.

## References

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1. ^ a b c Chengery, Elyse. "Midwest Tape expands global HQ in Holland". WNWO. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
2. ^ "Midwest Tape, LLC: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
3. ^ a b "Midwest Tape grows with new HQ, warehouse". The Blade. 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
4. ^ "Welcome to Dreamscape". www.dreamscapeab.com. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
5. ^ "Midwest Tape Launches Hoopla Pilot for Pay-Per-Circ Streaming Media". www.thedigitalshift.com. Retrieved 2017-11-08.