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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000891919-08-000100.txt : 20081212
<SEC-HEADER>0000891919-08-000100.hdr.sgml : 20081212
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20081212164547
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000891919-08-000100
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20081210
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081212
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20081212

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Anderson Hilda B
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001395373

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-20664
		FILM NUMBER:		081247292

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(256) 766-3640

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		150 INDIAN SPRINGS DRIVE
		CITY:			FLORENCE
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35634

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BOOKS A MILLION INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000891919
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-MISCELLANEOUS SHOPPING GOODS STORES [5940]
		IRS NUMBER:				630798460
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		402 INDUSTRIAL LN
		CITY:			BIRMINGHAM
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35211
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2059423737

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		402 INDUSTRIAL LANE
		CITY:			BIRMINGHAM
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35211
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-12-10</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000891919</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BOOKS A MILLION INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BAMM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001395373</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Anderson Hilda B</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O ABROMS &amp; ASSOCIATES</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>201 S. COURT STREET SUITE 610</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>FLORENCE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>35630</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>SEE REMARKS BELOW</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-12-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>370</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>2.0088</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>6762</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-12-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3698</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>2.0088</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2090617</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>BY SPOUSE</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The purchase reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on
 December 3, 2008, which plan became effective on December 7, 2008.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This price represents the weighted average purchase price for multiple transactions reported on this line. The prices of the
 transactions reported on this line ranged from $1.99 to $2.02 per share. Upon request by the Commission staff, the issuer or
 a security holder of the issuer, the reporting person will undertake to provide full information regarding the number of
 shares purchased at each separate price.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission
 that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purposes.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Of these shares, 83,000 are owned of record by The Charles C. Anderson Family Foundation.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>The reporting person may be deemed to be a member of a &quot;group&quot; (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities
 Exchange Act ) which owns more than 10% of the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the &quot;Common Stock&quot;), of the Issuer.
 The reporting person does not have (i) any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in or (ii) the power to vote or dispose of,
 or the power to direct the vote or disposition of, any Common Stock of the Issuer held by any other person, including,
 without limitation, any other person who may be deemed to be a member of such group.  Accordingly, the reporting person
 disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities of the Issuer held by any other person, including, without limitation, any
 other person who may be deemed to be a member of such group, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the
 reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for the purposes of Section 16 under the Securities Exchange Act
 or otherwise.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>MARTIN R. ABROMS, BY POWER OF ATTORNEY</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-12-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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