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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000891919-09-000022.txt : 20090120
<SEC-HEADER>0000891919-09-000022.hdr.sgml : 20090119
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090120165446
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000891919-09-000022
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090115
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090120
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090120

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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ANDERSON CLYDE B
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000901449
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			AL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-20664
		FILM NUMBER:		09534665

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BOOKS A MILLION INC
		STREET 2:		402 INDUSTRIAL LANE
		CITY:			BIRMINGHAM
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35211
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2059423737

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BOOKS A MILLION INC
		STREET 2:		402INDUSTRIAL LANE
		CITY:			BIRMING
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35211
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    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-01-15</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000901449</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ANDERSON CLYDE B</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>BOOKS A MILLION INC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>402INDUSTRIAL LANE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BIRMING</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>35211</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF BOARD</officerTitle>
            <otherText>SEE REMARKS BELOW</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-01-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>833</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>2.2513</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1485440</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>46000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>BY THE CLYDE B. ANDERSON FAMILY FOUNDATION</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </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 $2.24 to $2.27 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">Includes 141,211 unvested shares of restricted stock which vest as follows:  January 31, 2009 (26,708 shares), January 31,
 2010 (14,503 shares), January 31, 2011 (85,000 shares), and January 31, 2012 (15,000 shares).</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>2009-01-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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