Copperfield’s Books in Petaluma is downsizing—the popular bookstore is scaling back its floorspace and shuttering its downstairs used-books department, staff announced through social media channels Monday.
“We received a notice [on June 26] from the company’s legal counsel that they intend to reduce the Petaluma store location size by half and close the used books section entirely,” staff posted on the Copperfield’s Books Union Facebook page. The Petaluma outlet is the only Copperfield’s location where staff is unionized. The target date for the changes is Sept. 30, the post said.
As a Copperfield’s spokesperson explained it to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, increased financial losses from the used-books section spurred its board of directors to make the “agonizing decision.”
