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Public ( NASDAQ : BAMM )
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In 1917 (as a street corner newsstand in Florence, Alabama )
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Books-A-Million, Inc <br />402 Industrial Lane <br /> Birmingham, Alabama 35211 <br />(205) 942-3737
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Clyde B Anderson, Executive Chairman of the Board <br/>Sandra B Cochran, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Secretary<br />Terrance G Finley, Executive Vice President of Books-A-Million, Inc and President, American Internet Service, Inc, <br />Douglas G Markham, Chief Financial Officer
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Retail (Specialty) <br> Entertainment
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Books
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4,900 ( 2005 )
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$520 Million USD ( 2006 )
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or '''BAM!''' was founded in
1917 as a street corner newsstand in
Florence, Alabama . Books-A-Million has become the third largest book retailer in the United States (after #1
Barnes & Noble and #2
Borders Books ). Its corporate office is located in
Birmingham, Alabama , which operate over 200 stores located in the
Midwest , the
Southeast , and the District of Columbia, with about 4,900 employees as of
2005 .
In addition to its flagship Books-A-Million superstore, it operates storefronts badged and
Shopping Mall book and greeting card stores under the name '''Bookland'''. Most of its stores feature a
Joe Muggs Café , also the name used for the company's newsstand operations.
In addition to its primary retail component, the corporation includes a book wholesale and distribution subsidiary, American Wholesale Book Company (AWBC), an e-commerce division operating as BOOKSAMILLION.COM, and an internet development and services company, NetCentral, in
Nashville, Tennessee .
In
2001 , Books-A-Million acquired the
Crown Books chain of
Bookstore s.
Portions of this information were taken from the
Books-A-Million, Inc. website.
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