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Residents

looking for a one-stop entertainment center have a new

option in Newnan.

Hastings

Entertainment, Inc., a leading multimedia entertainment

superstore and Internet retailer, recently opened a store

in Newnan in the Kroger Shopping Center on Bullsboro

Drive.

Hastings

Entertainment superstores, which average 21,500 square

feet, typically feature:

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Customized inventory in multiple entertainment formats,

including about 40,000 book titles, 20,000 music

selections, 6,000 videocassettes and video games, 800

DVD-format titles, 2,000 periodicals, 1,500 software

titles, and 1,500 complementary products, including

clothing, greeting cards and stationery products, for

sale at discounted prices.

- Over

13,000 videocassettes, video games and DVDs available for

rent.

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Extensive children's product section, including free

rentals on children's videos and regular StoryTime

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Financial commitment to the literacy campaign in the

local community.

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Employment for about 45 to 50 employees, primarily from

the markets where the stores operate.

"These

new stores offer our customers a wide range of

entertainment products in a single location and reflect

our total commitment to satisfying our guests' desires

for personal entertainment and information,'' said John

Marmaduke, chairman and chief executive officer.

"Because

we believe that our stores should be fun and informative

gathering places for our customers to shop, we offer such

amenities as free gourmet coffee, comfortable chairs for

reading, CD listening stations, video game preview

stations, interactive information kiosks, telephones for

free local calls, children's play areas and in-store

promotional events,'' he added.

Hastings

also operates www.gohastings.com, an e-commerce Internet

Web site that makes available to our customers new and

used entertainment products and unique, contemporary

gifts and toys.

The site

features exceptional product and pricing offers,

including best-selling books at up to 50% off list price.

In

addition, investors and customers can review general and

financial information about Hastings at this Web site.