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EPISODE · Jan 15, 2026 · 36 MIN

Brick & Mortar Success in an Online World with Terry Finley

from Open Book with David Steinberger

Terry Finley is the President and CEO of Books-A-Million, a chain of over 200 bookstores in 30 states. In this episode he describes the dramatic changes in book retailing since the late 1970s, when department stores and small mall stores were major booksellers, through the superstore era and to today’s marketplace with online retailers and social media influencers.(For full transparency: Books-A-Million’s parent company, Anderson Growth Partners, is a minority investor in Open Road.)

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