![]() ![]() ![]() It was bustling on a recent Saturday with shoppers carrying stacks of books and families taking selfies in the tunnel. This new location in the shopping district on Honolulu Boulevard - just down the street from Once Upon a Time, another terrific bookstore - sells books, plants, and soon, vinyl. These independent Southern California book publishers reveal how they’re handling the pandemic.‘Mad & Bad’ author Bea Koch of LA’s Ripped Bodice bookstore talks romance, Regency and really cool women.There’s a town of bookstores in Wales called Hay-on-Wye, and, yes, they serve ice cream. ![]() ![]() For LA’s Eso Won Books, one of the nation’s preeminent African American bookstores, the moment is now.A $10,000 gift certificate, a child’s allowance: How Southern California’s independent bookstores are getting help to survive.Located in Montrose in northeast Los Angeles County, the shop, which opened quietly in late June, is a sister to downtown L.A.’s Last Bookstore, the massive store and tourist spot known for its huge inventory and its own picture-perfect archway and book-related sculptures and photo spots. But if you venture in through the Instagram-ready tunnel of plants and greenery, you’ll emerge into the world of Lost Books. ![]()
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