Beloved L.A. bookstores like Diesel are turning to fundraising platforms to survive the financial blows dealt by COVID-19.
“We hate, hate, hate the idea” of asking for donations, said Evans, “so we resisted doing it, up until two weeks ago.”
A key reason for the resurgence has been booksellers’ ability to “build, create and sustain community,” said Ryan Raffaelli, professor of business administration at Harvard Business School and author of ““There’s a lot of different forms that bookstores have taken in terms of business models to expand the revenue channel over the last 10 years,” he said.
In May, books were bagged and ready for curbside customer pickup at the Last Bookstore in downtown L.A.The indoor shoppers are making a noticeable difference: Sales in August were down 55% compared to last August, an improvement over the 70% to 80% decline of previous months.
“I was basically losing what is the equivalent of the Super Bowl for my business, and we really had no recourse to make up for that,” he said. The 60-something-year-old Malibu resident had trekked to Brentwood to pick up Hilary Mantel’s historical novel “The Mirror & the Light,” the final book in the Wolf Hall trilogy. Since the bookstore’s Malibu location closed in 2014, she’s traveled the 20 miles often to buy from one of her favorite bookshops. She wants to ensure it’s around for years to come.
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