in this morning’s LA Times: Eso Won Books may close by the end of the year. John Mitchell explains:
After 20 years of hawking books — some by popular authors; others, scholarly works, with rare and exotic titles — L.A.’s leading independent bookstore specializing in writings by African Americans is facing bankruptcy…
“We are suffering from what other independent bookstores have found — that it’s tough to compete against the Internet and the big chains,” said James Fugate, a co-owner of the Leimert Park store.
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