Cody’s Books on Telegraph is hands down my favorite bookstore. It is family owned and just a couple of blocks from our house. We go up there all the time to shop and attend lectures by authors like Brian Greene, Chuck Klosterman, David Mitchell, and even Gary Hart. They will be closing on July 10th after 43 years in Berkeley. The 4th Street and San Francisco locations will remain open. The owners are blaming competition from mega-stores and internet retailers. Some people are also claiming that safety conditions and a lack of parking on Telegraph scare away older shoppers. I think that people just don’t read books these days. It is pretty sad, regardless of the causes.
Read the full story on SFGate.
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