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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 12, 2006</B> </FONT></P>

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<H2 ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Registration
No. 333-[___]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></H2>


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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION </FONT></H1>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Washington,
D.C. 20549 </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>FORM S-8 </FONT></H1>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Under </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933 </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>BOOKS-A-MILLION, INC. </FONT></H1>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>




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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DELAWARE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 63-0798460 </FONT></H1>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;             (I.R.S. Employer<BR>incorporation or organization) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;     Identification No.) </FONT></P>



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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>402 Industrial Lane<BR>Birmingham, Alabama 35211<BR>(205) 942-3737</FONT></H1>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2> (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,<BR>of registrant's principal executive offices)</FONT></P>



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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>BOOKS-A-MILLION, INC.
2005 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN </FONT></H1>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Full title of the plan)</FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Sandra B. Cochran<BR>President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Books-A-Million, Inc.<BR>
402 Industrial Lane<BR>
Birmingham, Alabama 35211<BR>
(205)942-3737</FONT></H1>


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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,<BR>
 of agent for service)</FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Copies to: </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Steven Della Rocca, Esq.<BR>
Latham &amp; Watkins LLP<BR>
885 Third Avenue<BR>
New York, New York 10022<BR>
(212)906-1200 </FONT></H1>


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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT></H1>





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     <TH><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Title of each class of securities<BR>
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     <TH><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Amount to be<BR>registered(1)</FONT><HR WIDTH=95% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TH>
     <TH><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Proposed maximum<BR>offering price per<BR>share(2)</FONT><HR WIDTH=95% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TH>
     <TH><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Proposed maximum<BR>aggregate<BR>offering price</FONT><HR WIDTH=95% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TH>
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     <TD WIDTH="20%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Co  Common Stock, par value $0.01<BR>
per share not previously<BR>registered....................</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="Center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">300,000</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="Center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">$15.985</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="Center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">$4,795,500</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="Center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">$513.12</FONT></TD></TR>
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          <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(1) </FONT></TD>
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          Represents the number of additional shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock
          reserved for issuance pursuant to the First Amendment to the Books-A-Million,
          Inc. 2005 Incentive Award Plan, as approved by the Company&#146;s stockholders
          on June 8, 2006. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
          amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), additional shares of the
          Company&#146;s Common Stock, which become issuable to prevent dilution from any
          future stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction are also being
          registered. </FONT></P></TD>
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          For purposes of computing the registration fee only. Pursuant to Rule 457(h) of
          the Securities Act, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is based upon
          the average of the high and low trading prices ($15.985) of the Company&#146;s
          common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July 7, 2006. </FONT></P></TD>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>EXPLANATORY NOTE </FONT></P>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On
June 21, 2005, Books-A-Million, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;)
registered 300,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, (&#147;Common
Stock&#148;), to be offered or sold to participants under the Books-A-Million, Inc. 2005
Incentive Award Plan, as amended from time to time (the &#147;Plan&#148;) pursuant to the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-126008). The First Amendment to the
Books-A-Million, Inc. 2005 Incentive Award Plan, as approved by the Company&#146;s
stockholders on June 8, 2006, amended the Plan to increase the number of shares available
for issuance under the Plan by 300,000 shares of Common Stock. This Registration
Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 (Registration of
Additional Securities) in order to register such additional 300,000 shares of Common
Stock which may be offered or sold to participants under the Plan. </FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE </FONT></P>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-126008) with respect to
300,000 shares of Common Stock are hereby incorporated by reference. </FONT></TD>
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     <TD WIDTH=90% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>EXHIBITS</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Opinion of Counsel.</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm- Grant Thornton LLP.</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm- Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>23.3</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages to the Registration Statement).</FONT></TD></TR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Birmingham, State of Alabama, on
July 12, 2006. </FONT></TD>
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     <TH ALIGN="Left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BOOKS-A-MILLION, INC.</FONT></TH></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH="50%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><U>By: /s/ Sandra B. Cochran</U><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Name: Sandra B. Cochran<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Title: President, Director and Chief Executive<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Officer </FONT>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each
of the undersigned officers and directors of the Company hereby severally constitutes and
appoints Sandra B. Cochran as the undersigned&#146;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the
undersigned&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (unless revoked in
writing) to sign this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and any and all amendments
thereto, including any post-effective amendments as well as any related registration
statement (or amendment thereto) filed in reliance upon Rule 462(b) under the Securities
Act, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might and could do in person hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or her substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. </FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. </FONT></TD>
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     <TH><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><U>Signature</U> </FONT></TH>
     <TH><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><U>Title</U> </FONT></TH>
     <TH><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><U>Date</U> </FONT></TH></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH="20%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><U>/s/ Sandra B. Cochran </U><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sandra B. Cochran <BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
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<U>/s/ Douglas G. Markham </U><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Douglas G. Markham <BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
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<U>/s/Clyde B. Anderson </U><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Clyde B. Anderson <BR>
<BR>
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<U>/s/Terry C. Anderson </U><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Terry C. Anderson<BR>
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<U>/s/ Ronald G. Bruno </U><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ronald G. Bruno<BR>
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<U>/s/ Albert C. Johnson </U><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Albert C. Johnson<BR>
<BR>
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<U>/s/J. Barry Mason </U><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;J. Barry Mason<BR>
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<U>/s/ William H. Rogers </U><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;William H. Rogers, Jr. </FONT>
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     <TD WIDTH="28%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">President, Director and Chief Executive   <BR>
&nbsp;Officer<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;(Principal Executive Officer)<BR>
<BR>
Chief Financial Officer                   <BR>
&nbsp;(Principal Financial<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;and Accounting Officer)<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Executive Chairman of the Board           <BR>
of Directors<BR>
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<BR>
Director                                  <BR>
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<BR>
Director                                  <BR>
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<BR>
Director                                  <BR>
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<BR>
Director                                  <BR>
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<BR>
Director                                  <BR>

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     <TD WIDTH="12%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">July 12, 2006<BR>
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July 12, 2006<BR>
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July 12, 2006<BR>
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July 11, 2006<BR>
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July 11, 2006<BR>
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July 11, 2006<BR>
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July 11, 2006<BR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;5.1</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Opinion of Counsel.</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="Top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm- Grant Thornton LLP.</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="Top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm- Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>23.3</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="Top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 12, 2006
Registration
No. 333-[___]
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933
BOOKS-A-MILLION, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE                                         63-0798460
(State or other jurisdiction of                                       (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)
402 Industrial Lane
Birmingham, Alabama 35211
(205) 942-3737
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal executive offices)
BOOKS-A-MILLION, INC.
2005 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Sandra B. Cochran
President and Chief Executive Officer
Books-A-Million, Inc.
402 Industrial Lane
Birmingham, Alabama 35211
(205)942-3737
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
Copies to:
Steven Della Rocca, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
885 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212)906-1200
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of securities
to be registered
Amount to be
registered(1)
Proposed maximum
offering price per
share(2)
Proposed maximum
aggregate
offering price
Amount of registration fee
Co  Common Stock, par value $0.01
per share not previously
registered....................
300,000
$15.985
$4,795,500
$513.12
(1)
Represents the number of additional shares of the Company's Common Stock
          reserved for issuance pursuant to the First Amendment to the Books-A-Million,
          Inc. 2005 Incentive Award Plan, as approved by the Company's stockholders
          on June 8, 2006. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
          amended (the "Securities Act"), additional shares of the
          Company's Common Stock, which become issuable to prevent dilution from any
          future stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction are also being
          registered.
(2)
For purposes of computing the registration fee only. Pursuant to Rule 457(h) of
          the Securities Act, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is based upon
          the average of the high and low trading prices ($15.985) of the Company's
          common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July 7, 2006.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On
June 21, 2005, Books-A-Million, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company")
registered 300,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, ("Common
Stock"), to be offered or sold to participants under the Books-A-Million, Inc. 2005
Incentive Award Plan, as amended from time to time (the "Plan") pursuant to the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-126008). The First Amendment to the
Books-A-Million, Inc. 2005 Incentive Award Plan, as approved by the Company's
stockholders on June 8, 2006, amended the Plan to increase the number of shares available
for issuance under the Plan by 300,000 shares of Common Stock. This Registration
Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 (Registration of
Additional Securities) in order to register such additional 300,000 shares of Common
Stock which may be offered or sold to participants under the Plan.
INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
The
contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-126008) with respect to
300,000 shares of Common Stock are hereby incorporated by reference.
EXHIBITS
5.1
Opinion of Counsel.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm- Grant Thornton LLP.
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm- Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.3
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages to the Registration Statement).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Birmingham, State of Alabama, on
July 12, 2006.
BOOKS-A-MILLION, INC.
By: /s/ Sandra B. Cochran
Name: Sandra B. Cochran
Title: President, Director and Chief Executive
Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each
of the undersigned officers and directors of the Company hereby severally constitutes and
appoints Sandra B. Cochran as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (unless revoked in
writing) to sign this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and any and all amendments
thereto, including any post-effective amendments as well as any related registration
statement (or amendment thereto) filed in reliance upon Rule 462(b) under the Securities
Act, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might and could do in person hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or her substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Sandra B. Cochran
Sandra B. Cochran
/s/ Douglas G. Markham
Douglas G. Markham
/s/Clyde B. Anderson
Clyde B. Anderson
/s/Terry C. Anderson
Terry C. Anderson
/s/ Ronald G. Bruno
Ronald G. Bruno
/s/ Albert C. Johnson
Albert C. Johnson
/s/J. Barry Mason
J. Barry Mason
/s/ William H. Rogers
William H. Rogers, Jr.
President, Director and Chief Executive
Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)
Executive Chairman of the Board
of Directors
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
July 12, 2006
July 12, 2006
July 12, 2006
July 11, 2006
July 11, 2006
July 11, 2006
July 11, 2006
July 11, 2006
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
DESCRIPTION
5.1
Opinion of Counsel.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm- Grant Thornton LLP.
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm- Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.3
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages to the Registration Statement).