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Baker & Taylor Names John Lindsay Vice President Book Merchandising

Wednesday 06. August 2008 - Baker & Taylor, Inc., the world's largest wholesale distributor of books and entertainment products, today announced that John Lindsay has joined the Company as Vice President, Book Merchandising. Mr. Lindsay will report to Jean Srnecz, Senior Vice President, Merchandising.

“I am delighted that John has joined our organization,” said Ms. Srnecz. “He will play a key role in the implementation of our supply chain initiatives and our implementation of Category Buying.”

Reporting to Mr. Lindsay will be Divisional Merchandise Directors Sally Neher, Rick Shalayda and Barbara Witt. Allen Johnson will dually report to Mr. Lindsay and Ms. Srnecz.

John most recently was VP Marketing/Merchandising at Levy Home Entertainment with overall responsibilities for all areas of book buying, category management, marketing, logistics and publisher relations. At Levy, he drove the IMU (Initial mark up) and sales improvement programs, and freight reduction initiative. He also played a key role in partnering with publishers on product development for new products/packages for the execution of successful go-to market product launches in non-traditional markets.

Before joining Levy in 2001, John held various senior Merchandise Management positions with Shopko Stores, and the Venture Stores division of the May Company. John holds a BA in Marketing from Missouri State University.