BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Books-A-Million, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM: BAMM) announced that Mark Childress’ Georgia Bottoms is the new Books-A-Million Pick. His seventh highly anticipated novel is now available for purchase at any Books-A-Million location or online at www.booksamillion.com.
“Childress returns with his signature wit and charm,” said Terrance G. Finley, EVP and Chief Merchandising Officer, Books-A-Million, Inc. “You'll fall for the incredibly funny Georgia from the first page!"
To celebrate the new Books-A-Million Pick, customers will receive a free DVD, a $19.95 retail value, of “Crazy in Alabama,” starring Melanie Griffith and based on the bestselling novel by Mark Childress, when they purchase Georgia Bottoms in Books-A-Million stores. If readers don’t love Georgia Bottoms, they can return it for a full refund. See stores for details.
Georgia Bottoms is known in her small community of Six Points, Alabama, as a beautiful, well-to-do, and devoutly Baptist Southern belle. Nobody realizes that the family fortune has long since disappeared, and a determinedly single woman like Georgia needs an alternative, and discreet, means of income. In Georgia's case it is six well-heeled lovers-one for each day of the week. But when the married preacher who has been calling decides to confess their affair in front of the whole congregation, Georgia must take drastic measures to stop him. In Georgia Bottoms, Mark Childress proves once again his unmistakable skill for combining the hilarious and the absurd to reveal the inner workings of the rebellious human heart.
Childress’ Crazy in Alabama, was a featured selection of the Literary Guild, has been published in the ten countries and was a New York Times “Notable Book of the Year.”
Childress’ novel, One Mississippi was a summer reading selection for “Good Morning America,” O: The Oprah Magazine, People, The Los Angeles Times, and Wall Street Journal, and was also nominated for the Southeastern Independent Booksellers Association's "Book of the Year" award.
About Books-A-Million
Books-A-Million is one of the nation's leading book retailers and sells on the Internet at www.booksamillion.com. The Company presently operates 231 stores in 23 states and the District of Columbia. The Company operates two distinct store formats, including large superstores operating under the names Books-A-Million and Books & Co., and traditional bookstores operating under the name Bookland. The Company’s wholesale operations include American Wholesale Book Company and Book$mart, both based in Florence, Alabama. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.booksamillioninc.com.