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.

[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.