Bradley’s Books began in 1993 when co-owners and father-son team, Lawrence and Michael Paper, reopened what had formerly been an Atlantic Book Store in downtown Pittsburgh.

Over the years, the book business has changed, and to succeed, the Papers had to adapt. Purchasing large quantities of titles for the stores grew into a wholesale division, now distributing bulk quantities to other book distributors.

The growth of the Internet spawned an internet division, listing individual titles for resale thru various on-line book distributors.