Popular Birmingham-area Books-A-Million store closes

Books-A-Million storefront in Fultondale (Cody Kanady)

Birmingham-based Books-A-Million has closed its Fultondale location.

One of the anchor retail stores at the Promenade Fultondale on Lowery Parkway, the popular bookstore (3429 Lowery Pkwy, Fultondale, AL 35068) is the third Books-A-Million location to close in the Birmingham metro area since 2020. The other sites were near the Highway 280 corridor at Brookwood Village and  Brook Highland.

Sign at the Books-A-Million storefront in Fultondale (Cody Kanady)

The departure of the Fultondale location leaves only two remaining stores at the next locations:

• Alabaster — 300 Colonial Promenade Pkwy #2200, Alabaster, AL 35007
• Trussville — 1624 Gadsden Hwy, Trussville, AL 35173

Books-A-Million — an Alabama original

Headquartered in The Magic City, Books-A-Million is the second largest bookseller in the U.S. with over 260 locations. Founded in Florence, Alabama 108 years ago in 1917, the company was named an Alabama Centennial Retailer by the Alabama Retail Association.

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Pat Byington

Longtime conservationist. Former Executive Director at the Alabama Environmental Council and Wild South. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. Career highlights include playing an active role in the creation of Alabama's Forever Wild program, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dugger Mountain Wilderness, preservation of special places throughout the East through the Wilderness Society and the strengthening (making more stringent) the state of Alabama's cancer risk and mercury standards.