Excellent news, book-readers: The Castro will not be short another bookstore come June following the upcoming closure of Books Inc. As SF Weekly reports today, the Mission's own Dog-Eared Books — one of SF's multiple successful, independent, new-and-used bookshops — is taking over the one-time home of A Different Light Bookstore at 489 Castro Street, which is currently a clothing shop called Citizen that is shutting its doors shortly.

Dog-Eared Books made the announcement on Facebook Wednesday, saying, "Like our original location at 20th and Valencia, our Castro location will sell new, used, and discount books, along with stationery, posters, cards, and maps." They're also planning to feature readings and other events, and an expanded selection of LGBT titles — and, likely, of a lot classier variety than the often porny A Different Light.

Bookstore proprietor Kate Rosenberger adds, "The Castro is one of the few neighborhoods in America you can honestly call both trend-setting and uniquely historical. As such it deserves not just a good book shop, but a great book shop. We plan to work very hard to see the Castro gets what it deserves."

Dog-Eared Books opened in 1992 and has weathered not only the economic storms suffered in the book industry by the rise of big chains, the rise of Amazon, and the subsequent rise of e-books, but has continued to thrive on the ever-gentrifying Valencia corridor alongside niche cohorts like Borderlands. They even opened a second location in 2011 called Alley Cat Books, on 24th Street.

And, like the beloved Aardvark Bookstore at the other end of the 'hood on Church Street, Dog-Eared Books buys used books for resale.

So, weep not book-lovers! Literature is not dead, and the Castro is not (yet) doomed completely. Look for a gala opening event set for June 20, with store opening a month earlier.

Previously: Another SF Bookstore Bites The Dust: Books Inc. In The Castro