[2] The association was first organized by 219 Christian bookstores and, by 2011, had grown to include 1700 stores.

[3] The number of member stores expanded considerably in the 1990s with the rise of online shopping.

[4] Bill Anderson is president of the association[5] and Curtis Riskey is executive director.

[6] By 2014, CBA had discontinued its winter trade fair in response to the closing of many of the association's member stores.

[7] CBA has guidelines for books sold by its member stores to prohibit offensive content including profanity, alcohol consumption, and references to luck.