While the Chronicle has an orgasm over the impending opening of a new mall downtown (you know, Bloomingdales, the Emporium dome, blah blah blah), the real retail news this week is the reopening of the Opera Plaza bookstore. Formerly A Clean Well Lighted Place for Books, the large space will open at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow as a Books Inc location (pdf file). From the lineup of author appearances, it seems they’re going all-out to keep the place lively and attract book buyers. I know I’ll be there this weekend, doing some early Xmas shopping.