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Books-A-Million Bookseller Chain - BAM! is the Second Largest U.S. Book Retailer

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Books-A-Million (BAM!), a large book retailer

Books-A-Million, one of the largest chain booksellers in the US

Books-A-Million

Books-A-Million Chain of Retail Booksellers:

Corporate Office
Books-A-Million, Inc.
402 Industrial Lane
Birmingham, Alabama 35211
(205) 942-3737
Retail Website
Corporate Website

Mailing Address
Books-A-Million, Inc.
P.O. Box 19768
Birmingham, AL 35219

Books-A-Million Overview:

Bookstore chain Books-A-Million was founded in 1917 as a street corner newsstand in Florence, Alabama. Since then BAM, as it's frequently referred to in the trade, has grown to become a premier book retailing chain. Since the closing of the Borders Group bookstore chain, it has been the second largest bricks-and-mortar book retailer in the nation.

Books-A-Million is based in Birmingham, Alabama, and currently operates about 250 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia.

Books-A-Million, Inc. operates large superstores under the names Books-A-Million and Books & Co. and traditional bookstores operating under the names Bookland and Books-A-Million. It also operates an online bookstore at booksamillion.com.

The common stock of Books-A-Million, Inc. is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol BAMM.

Books-A-Million Ancillary Businesses:

In addition to its retail book businesses, Books-A-Million has a book wholesale and distribution subsidiary American Wholesale Book Company (AWBC), and it wholly owns its in-house Joe Muggs cafe business, as well as a yogurt business, Yogurt Mountain. BAM also owns NetCentral, the developer of their website.

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