The LAst Bookstore and comments

"...People seemed to especially enjoy selling their used books to us, as one of the last places in LA still buying books.  Our inventory quickly overflowed the shelves, and at the end of our lease June 2011 the Last Bookstore moved to the 10,000 sq. ft location at 5th & Spring St.  A record shop and coffee bar filled out the ground floor September, 2011.  Most recently, we expanded another 6,100 sq. ft. by opening up the Labyrinth Above the Last Bookstore on our mezzanine level, with over 100,000 books all priced at one dollar each!  Now we’ve become the largest independent bookstore in southern CA buying and selling used & new books and records.

The name was chosen with irony, but it has become a self-fulfilling prophecy as physical bookstores are dying out like dinosaurs from the meteoric impact of Amazon and e-books.  With our constant turnover of stock, regular musical and literary events, and coffee and vinyl LP shop, we book-lovers at the Last Bookstore hope to last as long as we can in downtown LA’s vibrant new community.  Join the cause!  Buy, sell, trade, and above all read real books…before they’re gone."

photo by Kim Garcia

Here are some comments about it:

"A very fitting name for a bookstore in today's age of e-books, e-readers, and the internet where it's getting harder for print media to be relevant."

comment on The Last Bookstore, LA - US, posted by Ron J. on Yelp
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"Whenever I go there I try to buy at least one book to help out even though I have so many books and who knows when I'll get to read them all. It's just such a beautiful sanctuary of books, glorious books!
(...)  Lots of nooks and crannies."

comment on The Last Bookstore, LA-US, posted by Eva K. on Yelp
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"I came on a Monday night. found free street parking right by the store and as soon i enter, i hear wonderful singing. Apparently, Monday nights people get to perform (poems, songs, readings,&etc) It's a wonderful venue for inner artists to release their skills to a supportive audience.
(...) also LOVE that there are chairs throughout the store for people to browse through book selections before taking them home. The decor, art, and spaciousness really sets this place apart. A jem for sure."

comment on The Last Bookstore, LA-US, posted by Vheryl J. on yelp
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