IGI Global Scientific Publishing Terminates Agreement with Baker & Taylor Amid Financial Instability

As of August 18, 2025, all IGI Global Scientific Publishing orders submitted through Baker & Taylor were placed on hold. At that time, Baker & Taylor was instructed to classify all incoming requests as “back orders” and suspend production and distribution until their financial situation was resolved. As a result, any libraries that placed orders with Baker & Taylor during this period are strongly advised to cancel them, as they will not be fulfilled following the termination of the agreement.

Moving forward, IGI Global Scientific Publishing encourages libraries to acquire its titles through trusted industry suppliers, including:

Libraries utilizing the IGI Global Scientific Publishing Online Bookstore can create a dedicated Library Account, which provides special discounts and invoicing options, eliminating the need for credit card processing for each transaction.

IGI Global Scientific Publishing expressed hope that Baker & Taylor will overcome its current challenges, leaving the possibility open to revisit the distribution relationship in the future. In the meantime, the publisher affirms its dedication to providing academic institutions worldwide with the critical research resources they need.

IGI Global Scientific Publishing was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA, and now has offices in New York City, London, and Beijing (IGI Science and Technology, Ltd.). The independent international academic publisher has dedicated over three decades to the production of high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarly research books and journals in the major subject areas of Business & Management, Science, Technology, & Medicine (STM), and Education & Social Sciences. They have become an innovator in the publishing world that challenges industry norms in support of academics, researchers and librarians globally.

The publisher is committed to promptly advancing the discovery of pioneering scientific research through swift and agile processes that protect and maintain the crucial peer-review process. IGI Global Scientific Publishing has collaborated on research publications with more than 200,000 experts from leading institutions around the world. Their collection of books has steadily grown, producing 1,250 new books annually, growing their full e-Book Collection to 10,000+ books available to libraries with affordable annual licensing. The IGI Global Scientific Publishing Open Access Journal Program is approaching 200 fully open access journals, making the publisher one of the largest 100% open access journal publishers in the world. Through traditional book publishing and open access options, IGI Global Scientific Publishing brings some of the highest-quality cutting-edge, trending, and niche research at the pace of innovation, ensuring that tomorrow’s research is published today.