Denver’s Tattered Cover may no longer be an independent bookstore soon. One of the country’s largest booksellers Barnes & Noble plans to buy Tattered Cover for more than $1.8 million, according to court filings Monday. Once the sale closes, it will be the end of its indie bookstore era though the Denver institution will still keep its name, according to the deal. Barnes & Noble is expected to keep all of Tattered Cover’s locations open. The big-box retailer, which has been bucking trends against declining brick and mortars and is expanding nationwide, seeks to bring the Denver-based indie bookstore out of bankruptcy. Tattered Cover had at least eight interested parties in a confidential bidding process and Barnes & Noble put in the highest offer, the Gazette reported Thursday. Read more at the link in @co_gazette’s bio. #business #colorado #tatteredcover