Penny the Cat has been the perfect final detail to the Acres of Books experience for years, the ultimate ”well, of course” moment that has come the first time you discovered her—sprawled here or there, sleeping or watching you, with suspicion or bored out of her mind—as you wandered the aisles of Long Beach’s irreplaceable second-hand book [...]

PHOTO by DANIEL DE BOOM
Mark your calendars in black ink: Acres of Books–Long Beach’s oldest, most thoroughly-, intriguingly-stocked store of used literature–will begin a discount sale of its stock this Thursday.
And how long will the sale go? “‘Til we run out of stuff to sell,” says Jackie Smith, who owns the store with her husband [...]

Noted science fiction author Ray Bradbury plans to visit Acres of Books tomorrow at 1 p.m., his health permitting.
It’s not for sure, cautions publisher Craig Graham,