Books-A-Million Inc, also known as BAM!, is the third largest U.S. bookstore chain and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The company was founded in 1917 as a street corner newsstand in Florence, Alabama and today operates over 200 stores in the Southeast, Midwest, and the District of Columbia. As of 2005, the company had about 4,900 employees.
In addition to its flagship Books-A-Million superstore division, the company also operates the store fronts branded Books & Company. The company's stores mainly operate within either lifestyle centers or shopping malls. In addition to Books-A-Million and Books & Company, the company operates book and greeting card stores under the name Bookland. Most of Books-A-Million stores feature a Joe Muggs café, although there are several Joe Muggs that operate independently of a Books-A-Million. These are located in the Birmingham area.
In early 2010 Books-A-Million struck a deal with the upstart yogurt company Yougurt Mountain to put the self serve yogurt shops in Books-A-Million stores.
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[1], and an internet development and services company, NetCentral, in Nashville, Tennessee.
In 2001, Books-A-Million acquired the Crown Books chain of bookstores.
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