Cody’s Books, the venerable indy bookstore which closed its flagship Telegraph Avenue location earlier this year, is being sold to Japanese book distributor Yohan, the Berkeley Daily Planet reported today.

Photo of the San Francisco Cody’s by Steve Rhodes, from Flickr
 

Details of the sale were to be announced this morning by owner Andy Ross.

Cody’s has two stores — one on Berkeley’s upscale 4th St. and one on Stockton St. in downtown San Francisco across from the Apple Store.

Yohan already owns Albany’s Stone Bridge Press, publisher of “quality books and software about Japan.”

Thanks to Galleycat, an excellent blog about books, writers and publishing, for the tip.