1976 headquarters tucson arizona key people bob oldfather founder & president 1 products used books magazines cds dvds video games electronics musical instruments slogan good for your pocket good for the planet . website www.bookmans.com bookmans officially known as bookmans entertainment exchange is the largest used book retailer based in arizona . it was founded in 1976 by bob oldfather who is the current president of the company . 1 2 3 4 besides books the store also sells magazines cds dvds electronics video games musical instruments . 5 6 all six stores have free access to wi fi internet . bookmans stores are located in tucson mesa phoenix and flagstaff . bookmans is a member of the american booksellers association and the american booksellers foundation for free expression . the company is known for its annual reading competition open to arizona elementary schools called the bookmans reading challenge . 7 8 the company sponsors among other things arizona derby dames 9 the late night cult classics series at the loft cinema 10 and hoco record festival at hotel congress . references edit a b sorenson dan 2009 12 03 . ground broken for e vehicle chargers bookmans putting in stations at two tucson locations . the arizona daily star tucson . retrieved 2010 05 25 . graham chuck 2007 10 31 . bookmans says thanks . tucson citizen . retrieved 2009 05 18 . new categories more winners for best of flagstaff 2007 . az daily sun . 2007 12 07 . retrieved 2009 05 18 . frommer s review . the new york times . retrieved 2009 05 18 . best used books . tucson weekly . retrieved 2009 05 18 . best cd store on a budget . phoenix new times . retrieved 2009 05 18 . bookmans reading challenge award ceremony . tucson citizen . 2009 05 13 . retrieved 2009 05 18 . schumaker students win bookmans reading challenge . tucson unified school district . 2007 05 09 . retrieved 2009 05 18 . arizona derby dames sponsors . retrieved 2009 05 18 . the loft cinema sponsorship . retrieved 2009 05 18 . external links edit bookmans official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bookmans & oldid 732397353 categories bookstores of the united statescompanies based in tucson arizonahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 july 2016 at 18 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view