Arcana: Books on the Arts — Attraction in Culver City

I took a dear fried of mine to this bookstore today. She is a lover and collector of books as well as horrendously impulsive when it comes to purchasing them. If she were homeless, I have no doubt she would still have a book collection and find ways to purchase more books.

With that being said, she was quite excited to visit this store. Within minutes of arriving and browsing, she was looking down at her phone when a guy (white guy, pretentious glasses) approached her rudely about not taking photos of the books in the store and went on a rant about people buying them on amazon.

Now, she would be the last person in the world to purchase anything from any kind of megastore and is a proponent of small business.

WHY WOULD YOU APPROACH A POTENTIAL CUSTOMER WITH PRECONCEIVED DISDAIN??

Based on other reviews on yelp, this is clearly not the first time this guy has been a prick to other customers and what is more interesting, it seems all the reviews mentioning a negative experience with this guy all seem to be from women... Is this because he's a coward who wouldn't dare be rude to a man? I walked around and blatantly took pictures of multiple books that I wanted to further research and not a word was said to me (a male).

So in case the proprietor of this establishment cares about his business, you should know that now all the books I found in your store that I had interest in purchasing, 7 in total, I will be purchasing on Amazon...

Great art-related book selection, but didn't have the best experience. The white man with glasses in the front was a bit rude. Not in his requests, which was all fair and I respect that (like leaving the water bottle in the entrance and not taking pictures of the inside of the book content), but in his annoyed tone of voice. I'd like to think it's just his way of speaking.

I found this place because I was walking my bike home - I had a flat tire. I was dressed in my workout clothes and carrying my water bottle and helmet around, I stayed there for a long time taking photos of the book covers I liked (to add to my wishlist), didn't buy anything because I'd had to walk my flat tire bike home, and in the end I asked for the restroom (it's outside, with a code). He showed me the restroom and the code a bit irritated already, and when I grabbed my water bottle he asked me if I was leaving with an annoyed tone of voice.

I'm a petite Asian woman. Sometimes I wonder if I were a white man I would receive the same attitude, but I will assume it's not the case.

They have great books and recommendations on display and the shelves are excellent! Not sure if I would come back just to walk around, but for sure when I need to buy a book as a gift to my...

Good idea to open such an artistic book store with quite a selection. I just don’t like the smell here that mixes painting, and formaldehyde. I know there are so many restaurants, cafes surrounded, but still thinking why there is not a coffee shop inside a book store? Why a book store can not be more spacious, and having a space to read? I just did quick browsing. I like the books. Each one is so unique. But I don’t feel comfy to stay. I think I do have a higher expectation when comes to a book store. Such a big city, just have sooooo many restaurants. But not even a huge book store? People stay in their phones, posting fake, and dramatic photos or videos. No place that we can feel comfortable to nurture our brain in the useful books? Soo sad! Whenever I open TIKTOK seeing those stupid people getting their attention in several ways? I just asked myself WTF? Does this advanced technology make us more superficial? Not saying reading books will definitely make us profound. Nothing wrong to be fun. It is just too much mental trash on social media. We need a huge library in a modern way in LA? Can some rich...