Berkeley bookstore Cody’s is opening a large store in San Francisco near Union Square, next to Virgin Records Megastore. I find this pleasantly surprising considering the economic environment for independent booksellers. It seems that every time my husband makes a trip back to the Bay Area he reports another bookstore closing. We lamented over Stacey’s closing in the South Bay and are agonizing over whether Kepler’s can hang on. On the other coast, my brother reports that Wordsworth, my favorite bookstore in Harvard Square, has closed. Here’s a summary history of bookselling in the U.S.