That’s the question Spencer posed to the Los Angeles Times in a 2013 interview, eight years after the Last Bookstore first swung open its doors. It sounded almost like a dare. But the shop — a ...

Owner Josh Spencer and his wife, Jenna, also have a “little sister” bookstore in idyllic Montrose, Lost Books, which has a smaller footprint but is an equally enchanting shop that you enter through a ...

Inside a sprawling former home decor emporium in Studio City, The Last Bookstore opened its newest outpost on Dec. 14. The massive space features 10,000 square feet of interconnected rooms of raw ...

Project manager Adrian Prospero walks through the Last Bookstore in Studio City on Tuesday as the shop prepares for its opening. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) “Years ago, my wife wanted me ...

The following is a transcript of the video: Sydney Kramer: Welcome to The Last Bookstore, a sprawling shop in Los Angeles where the written word is still alive. At 22,000 square feet, it's the ...

For Karen Kropp, 79, owning the beloved bookstore has been a labor of love. She began working at the shop around 30 years ... had their convictions vacated, Los Angeles County District Attorney ...

Whether in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside or San Bernardino counties, you can often find a shop — though it helps to have a map. And when you factor in Santa Barbara to the north and San Diego ...

After years as a seller on eBay, Spencer took a chance on a small shop in 2009 and then opened the Last Bookstore in the lower two floors of an old bank on Fifth and Spring streets in 2011.

After years as a seller on eBay, Spencer took a chance on a small shop in 2009 and then opened the Last Bookstore in the lower two floors of an old bank on Fifth and Spring streets in 2011. It became ...