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<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT OF INDEPENDANT ACCOUNTANTS
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                                                                  Exhibit 23(b)

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
of  Books-A-Million,  Inc. (the "Company") on Form S-8 of our report dated April
25,  2005  (which  report  includes  an  explanatory  paragraph  relating to the
adoption of new accounting principles as described in Note 1 to the consolidated
financial  statements),  incorporated  by reference in the Annual Report on Form
10-K of the Company for the year ended  January 29,  2005,  and of our report on
the consolidated  financial statement schedule,  dated April 25, 2005, appearing
in the Annual  Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended January 29,
2005.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Birmingham, Alabama
June 17, 2005

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