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href="/wiki/Entertainment" title="Entertainment">Entertainment</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1917<span class="noprint">; 107 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1917</span>)</span> in <a href="/wiki/Florence,_Alabama" title="Florence, Alabama">Florence, Alabama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Clyde W. Anderson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of locations</div></th><td class="infobox-data">260</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><span class="nowrap"> Clyde B. Anderson, <a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">Chairman</a><br />Terrance G. Finley, <a href="/wiki/CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a> & <a href="/wiki/President_(corporate_title)" title="President (corporate title)">President</a><br />R. Todd Noden, <a href="/wiki/CFO" class="mw-redirect" title="CFO">CFO</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $934 million (2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $4.619 million (2014)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $2.908 million (2014)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asset" title="Asset">Total assets</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $294.251 million (2014)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">Total equity</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $113.264 million (2014)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data">Anderson family (100%)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,000 (2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yogurt_Mountain" title="Yogurt Mountain">Yogurt Mountain</a> (40%)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.booksamillion.com/">www<wbr />.booksamillion<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><b>Footnotes / references</b><br /><sup id="cite_ref-10K_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10K-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HoustonPavilionsHoustonTX.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/HoustonPavilionsHoustonTX.JPG/220px-HoustonPavilionsHoustonTX.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/HoustonPavilionsHoustonTX.JPG/330px-HoustonPavilionsHoustonTX.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/HoustonPavilionsHoustonTX.JPG/440px-HoustonPavilionsHoustonTX.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>Books-A-Million in <a href="/wiki/Houston_Pavilions" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Pavilions">Houston Pavilions</a>, <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Houston" title="Downtown Houston">Downtown Houston</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Books-A-Million,_Sawgrass_Mills,_Sunrise,_Florida_February_20,_2022.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Books-A-Million%2C_Sawgrass_Mills%2C_Sunrise%2C_Florida_February_20%2C_2022.jpg/220px-Books-A-Million%2C_Sawgrass_Mills%2C_Sunrise%2C_Florida_February_20%2C_2022.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Books-A-Million%2C_Sawgrass_Mills%2C_Sunrise%2C_Florida_February_20%2C_2022.jpg/330px-Books-A-Million%2C_Sawgrass_Mills%2C_Sunrise%2C_Florida_February_20%2C_2022.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Books-A-Million%2C_Sawgrass_Mills%2C_Sunrise%2C_Florida_February_20%2C_2022.jpg/440px-Books-A-Million%2C_Sawgrass_Mills%2C_Sunrise%2C_Florida_February_20%2C_2022.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>The Books-A-Million store at <a href="/wiki/Sawgrass_Mills" title="Sawgrass Mills">Sawgrass Mills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunrise,_Florida" title="Sunrise, Florida">Sunrise, Florida</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Books-A-Million, Inc.</b>, also known as <b>BAM!</b>, is a bookstore chain in the United States, operating 260 stores in 32 states.<sup id="cite_ref-aboutus_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aboutus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stores range in size from 4,000 to 30,000 square feet and sell books, magazines, manga, collectibles, toys, technology, and gifts.<sup id="cite_ref-aboutus_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aboutus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most Books-A-Million stores feature "Joe Muggs" <a href="/wiki/Caf%C3%A9s" class="mw-redirect" title="Cafés">cafés</a>, a coffee and espresso bar.<sup id="cite_ref-aboutus_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aboutus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stores operate under the names Books-A-Million, Bookland, Books & Company, and 2nd & Charles.<sup id="cite_ref-goprivate_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goprivate-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company owns Yogurt Mountain Holding, a <a href="/wiki/Frozen_yogurt" title="Frozen yogurt">frozen yogurt</a> retailer and franchisor with 40 locations, as well as Preferred Growth Properties, which develops and manages commercial real estate investments.<sup id="cite_ref-goprivate_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goprivate-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It owns and operates American Wholesale Book Company (AWBC), an e-commerce division operating as booksamillion.com; and an internet development and services company, NetCentral, in <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aboutus_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aboutus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2015, the company was acquired by its chairman, Clyde B. Anderson, and his family, for $21 million.<sup id="cite_ref-goprivate_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goprivate-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21buyout_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21buyout-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Books-A-Million&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Books-A-Million was founded in 1917 in <a href="/wiki/Florence,_Alabama" title="Florence, Alabama">Florence, Alabama</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10K_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10K-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a newsstand by 14-year old Clyde W. Anderson, who dropped out of school to support his family after his father died.<sup id="cite_ref-alabama_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alabama-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anderson saw a business opportunity after workers on the nearby <a href="/wiki/Wilson_Dam" title="Wilson Dam">Wilson Dam</a> complained that they could not get their hometown newspapers. </p><p>In 1950, Charles C. Anderson, the founder's son, inherited the store and expanded it into a chain.<sup id="cite_ref-alabama_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alabama-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company incorporated as <b>Bookland</b> in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-alabama_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alabama-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1980, the company had 50 stores.<sup id="cite_ref-alabama_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alabama-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1988, Bookland acquired the Gateway Books retail chain based in <a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville, Tennessee</a>. The same year, the company opened its first superstore format store.<sup id="cite_ref-alabama_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alabama-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1992, the company changed its name to Books-A-Million, Inc. and became a <a href="/wiki/Public_company" title="Public company">public company</a> via an <a href="/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">initial public offering</a> of 2.6 million shares at a price of $13 per share.<sup id="cite_ref-alabama_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alabama-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-netfever_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-netfever-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1998, the company launched its <a href="/wiki/Website" title="Website">website</a>, booksamillion.com.<sup id="cite_ref-alabama_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alabama-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 25, 1998, during the <a href="/wiki/Dot-com_bubble" title="Dot-com bubble">dot-com bubble</a>, the stock price soared from $3 per share to $38.94 on November 27, 1998, and an intra-day high of $47.00 on November 30, 1998, after the company announced an updated website. Two weeks later, the share price was back down to $10. By 2000, the share price had returned to $3. Those days included suspenseful times for <a href="/wiki/Day_trader" class="mw-redirect" title="Day trader">day traders</a>, such as when the stock moved up 6 points in 13 minutes. During this time, insiders sold hundreds of thousands of shares.<sup id="cite_ref-netfever_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-netfever-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1999, the company acquired NetCentral, the designer of its website, and began operating American Wholesale Book Company, a book wholesaler and distributor.<sup id="cite_ref-alabama_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alabama-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2010, the company paid $3 million for a 40% stake in <a href="/wiki/Yogurt_Mountain" title="Yogurt Mountain">Yogurt Mountain</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Frozen_yogurt" title="Frozen yogurt">frozen yogurt</a> retailer and franchisor.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Six months later, the company opened Yogurt Mountain locations in its bookstores.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2010, the company launched <b>2nd & Charles</b>, a trader of used media, with its first store in <a href="/wiki/Hoover,_Alabama" title="Hoover, Alabama">Hoover, Alabama</a> across from <a href="/wiki/Riverchase_Galleria" title="Riverchase Galleria">Riverchase Galleria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2015, the company was acquired by its chairman, Clyde B. Anderson, and his family, for $21 million.<sup id="cite_ref-goprivate_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goprivate-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21buyout_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21buyout-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2016, the company began to sell <a href="/wiki/Self-publishing" title="Self-publishing">self-published</a> books.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Books-A-Million&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2014, Books-A-Million was identified by <i>24/7 Wall Street</i> as America's worst company to work for, based on analysis of data from GlassDoor.com, citing low satisfaction among employees due to "high stress and low pay...low chance of promotion, [and] hours are based on magazine and discount card sales."<sup id="cite_ref-worst_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worst-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Books-A-Million&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barnes_%26_Noble" title="Barnes & Noble">Barnes & Noble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borders_Group" title="Borders Group">Borders Group</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Books-A-Million&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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