book store blues

[d_trektone_w]

In the last week or so, two stores where I've shopped for years are going through closure/changes. Makes me sad, but that's business. Sigh ...

A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books in San Francisco.

Cody's Books, the original store on Telegraph in Berkeley.


Both had wonderful author events. ACWLPB memories include: local boy who made good, B.D. (Brad) Wong, at his memoir-signing; David Foster Wallace; William Gibson; my third cousin (or something like that) Julie Otsuka; and the kid-book event for They Might Be Giants. Cody's: Colson Whitehead; Dan Simmons; Neil Gaiman; Margaret Cho.

Comments

Aaaaaaaaack!

[obadiah.livejournal.com]

I had not yet heard about either one. This is nearly as bad as when Kepler's closed, maybe worse in the Cody's case (though their other locations will remain). Fortunately, Keplers came back due to community support, so maybe Cody's will change its mind.

Re: Aaaaaaaaack!

[trektone.livejournal.com]

Other Change of Hobbit had a near-closure, too, but they're still around.