This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of books, periodicals, and newspapers.

Including:

• Antique book merchant wholesalers
• Atlases merchant wholesalers
• Books merchant wholesalers
• Brochures merchant wholesalers
• Magazines merchant wholesalers
• Maps (except globe, school, wall) merchant wholesalers
• Newspaper agencies merchant wholesalers
• Newspapers merchant wholesalers
• Pamphlets merchant wholesalers
• Periodicals merchant wholesalers
• Textbooks merchant wholesalers