About five years after COVID-19 first erupted in the U.S., Books Inc. joins the list of retailers that have cited pandemic-driven revenue losses and changes in consumer buying patterns as issues that ...

Books Inc., which currently operates 11 bookstores in the Bay Area, filed a petition for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy on January 20 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of ...

Shoppers browse at Books Inc.’s Mountain View location in 2017. While the Bay Area chain’s Berkeley story is expected to close, all other locations are currently set remain operational. Photo by ...

The Bay Area's oldest independent bookseller on Tuesday announced it has filed for bankruptcy. Books Inc. announced on its website that it filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter ...

(BCN) — The oldest independent bookstore company in the Bay Area said Tuesday it has filed for bankruptcy. Books Inc. announced it filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in U.S ...