Is BooksAMillion.com Strong Competition for Amazon.com?
Does the popular book retailer BooksAMillion.com offer Amazon.com real competition with online book sales?
Clyde Anderson started a newsstand which evolved into Bookland and later, Books-A-Million. The first superstore for the online bookstore Books-A-Million was started in 1988, a few years before the highly successful online bookstore, Amazon.com, went online.
Books-A-Million not only offers books. The bookstore also makes music and movies available to online shoppers at better prices.
In the United States, Books-A-Million is currently among the top three bookstores that consumers look to for their needs online and offline.
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The bookstore offers its products through more than 200 brick and mortar stores offline, as well as through the company’s website, BooksAMillion.com.
Like Amazon, the bookstore offers free shipping on orders over a certain sum.
For Books-A-Million, the required minimum purchase to obtain free shipping is $25. For Amazon, shoppers must purchase a minimum of $25 worth of eligible Amazon.com products, in order to qualify for free shipping.
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Books-A-Million gives online shoppers the chance to receive discounts of as much as 30% and 40% off their purchase of Books a Million books. Members of Books-A-Million’s Millionaire’s Club can get 46% off new books and bestsellers purchased at the online bookstore. This includes books by James Patterson, Fern Michaels and Erik Larsson.
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Competition is always good for the consumer. Definitely something I can look forward to Sharifa..
good to have competition in spreading knowledge and entertainment. Thanks for sharing this information.
I love Amazon, thanks for posting this. Reading can be very entertaining and very educational.
This is the first time I hear of this online bookstore. Though, that might also be caused by the fact that I prefer buing books in traditional bookstores or in particular online bookstore that we have here in Slovakia. After all, books are heavy and postage fee from abroad is damn high. Local store eliminates that so I have to pay no postage that would ruin the discounts …
Definitely Sharif.
You’re welcome Raj.
Supporting local companies helps build your country Michal.
There’s wealth in the things we read Tiki 
Books-A-Million is new to me. I will check it out see if it accepts orders and free shipping to Hong Kong. I have some books and movies that I couldn’t find in local stores.
This is really good news. More access to more books! Thanks.
Haven’t heard of this site at all; I think healthy competition is always good for a business.
good post
Great Posting
Keep it up
Excellent presentation and very educational as well. I have learned a little more about both of them.
Maybe they will have what you’re looking for Linda.
You\’re welcome Athena.
It is, Anu.
Thanks Mona.
Great review. I always use amazon for… well anything actually but we do buy lots of books. I would try books a million, although I haven’t yet come across them or heard of them. Thanks for the update Sharife.
Thanks Payal.
Good to know OhSugar 
Check them out Lisa, the discounts are good.
Amazon has age on its side.
Hi Jimmy.
I haven’t heard of BooksAMillion, but I do shop at Amazon. If the prices are better at BAM, I am going to have to check this site out. Thank you so much for writing about this store. It is good to know that there is another site that sells books, music, and movies. That is all I buy at Amazon.
I like the discounts that Books-A-Million offers CA. I think you will find good bargains there.
I’ve never even heard of Books-A-Million, lol.
I’m a paper back man… cheers Sharifa
Cheers Matt.
@Mikail
Good question,I don’t think anything can beat Amazon,at least for some years to come…
Not without considerable effort.
