'We can't wait to get back to the business of filling people's minds with grand ideas and good stories,' says Alex Maslansky of Echo Park’s Stories Books & Cafe
The Ripped Bodice bookstore in Culver City has relied on online-only orders and says it has a wait list for its"care package" of romance titles.
And it has been trying to adapt to online-only sales. "It's been pretty steady ever since we announced that we were going online," Koch says of the increase in orders the store has seen, which has been attributed to “care packages” of romance titles. "Those have been so popular. We put them up before we closed to foot traffic.
Meanwhile, The Last Bookstore L.A. remained open until March 18. The store is now curating personalized book bundles for curbside pickup, shipping online orders and "offering private appointments to parents, students, teachers and those wishing to feed their minds with knowledge during this time." Maslansky adds that, in anticipation of disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the bookstore received a cash loan through Square Capital. "They have since deferred minimum payment for a month, which is nice. It's a fixed rate loan, and payment is automatically deducted from the day's sales. As our sales are zilch for the moment so we appreciate the forbearance they've shown," he says.
North Hollywood's Iliad Bookshop — one of the largest used bookstores in the Los Angeles area — closed immediately following Garcetti's "Safer at Home" Order on March 19. "I think we were all expecting it," longtime employee Lisa Morton says.
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