FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Anderson Hilda B 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 04/09/2007 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BOOKS A MILLION INC [BAMM] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ABROMS & ASSOCIATES, 201 S. COURT STREET, SUITE 610 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) FLORENCE, AL 35630 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 6,000 D   Common Stock 2,083,000 (1) I By husband

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Anderson Hilda B C/O ABROMS & ASSOCIATES 201 S. COURT STREET, SUITE 610 FLORENCE, AL 35630	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Hilda B. Anderson		04/09/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Of these shares, 2,000,000 shares are owned of record by the reporting person's husband, Charles C. Anderson, and 83,000 are owned of record by The Charles C. Anderson Family Foundation. Charles C. Anderson is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the foundation and has sole voting and dispositive power over such shares. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all 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 purpose.
  Remarks: The reporting person may be deemed to be a member of a "group" (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 "Common Stock"), 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.

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