Borders Stores

Books
Our customers currently have two ways to locate titles available for purchase: through the store inventory search on this site and through our in-store kiosk, Borders Search. This includes titles available in store, for store special order, or through an out-of-print search. If you have searched one of these places for your title by ISBN and have not been able to locate it, the fastest way to add it to our catalog is to have Bowker add it to Books in Print. You can contact Bowker at:

R.R. Bowker, LLC
630 Central Avenue
New Providence, NJ 07974
Phone: 888.269.5372
Hours: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST Monday through Friday
Bowker email contact: borders2bip@bowker.com
Please make sure to indicate that you would like your title(s) added to Books in Print, as Bowker has several products.

Music, Videos & DVDs
If you have an established distributor or one-stop availability source, the fastest way to ensure that your music, video, or DVD titles are listed in this catalog is to contact All Media Guide, LLC. You can contact All Media Guide at:

All Media Guide
Attn: DPB Mark Donkers
1168 Oak Valley Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Phone: 734-887-5600
Email: dpbproduct@allmusic.com

Please make sure to indicate whether the product to be added is music, video, or DVD.

Submitting Titles for Placement in Store inventory

If you would like your book considered for stock selection in a Borders or Waldenbooks store, please send a copy of the book (no manuscripts please) along with the Product Submission Form to the address below. We cannot consider submissions that do not include the form. Send your book along with the form to:

New Vendor Acquisitions
Borders Group, Inc.
100 Phoenix Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Your submission will be reviewed by our buyers and considered for placement in our stores or listing for customer special orders.

A Few Notes on Submitting Your Books:

Your use of a distributor or wholesaler factors into our decision on whether or not we will carry a book. There are supply chain efficiencies to be gained by both the publisher and retailers when wholesalers and distributors are used. Here is a link to several that we have established trading relationships with. Suggested Wholesalers & Distributors.

Books submitted will not be returned

Submissions will only be acknowledged if the buyer wishes to purchase and we cannot source it through a vendor we currently trade with.

General information on the topic of book writing and getting published can be found in any one of our store locations. We carry a wide variety of reference materials on the subject. You can also check out http://www.pma-online.org for more information on the topic.

CDs and DVDs
We prefer to purchase small and independent music labels as well as independent DVDs through AEC or Baker & Taylor. You will need to establish distribution through them. As such we do not accept submissions of CDs & DVDs. Contact information for AEC and Baker & Taylor can be found in the Suggested Wholesalers & Distributors list.

Adding Titles to Borders.com or Waldenbooks.com

For instructions on how to add titles to the catalog at Borders.com or Waldenbooks.com please see the Publisher Resource Guide, Label Resource Guide, and Studio Resource Guide links at the bottom of the appropriate department pages.

Correcting or Updating a Listing

If you would like to add or make changes to cover art, reviews, descriptions, subjects or other bibliographic data please contact the following vendors for submission guidelines:

For Books:
R.R. Bowker, LLC
630 Central Avenue
New Providence, NJ 07974
Phone: 888.269.5372
Hours: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST Monday through Friday
Bowker email contact: borders2bip@bowker.com

For Music and Movies:
All Media Guide
Attn: DPB Mark Donkers
1168 Oak Valley Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Phone: 734-887-5600
Email: dpbproduct@allmusic.com