Gatsby Books, Long Beach, Calif., will be closing this summer. In a message to customers posted on the store's website and social media accounts, owner Sean Moor wrote: "After 14 beautiful years, Gatsby Books is saying goodbye. Over the next couple of months, we'll be selling everything--even the bookcases! So make a point of stopping in to say goodbye and pick up some awesome books at unbeatable prices"
Moor added: "On behalf of our booksellers Edward, Mary, Danny, and Ruby the bookstore cat, we are wholeheartedly grateful for the love and community support that has made Gatsby Books the Literary Heart of Long Beach! We will miss you all. When one door closes, another opens."
The bookstore opened "near the corner of Spring and Bellflower at a time when Long Beach, a city long known for its used bookstores, was losing many of its iconic locations," the Long Beach Post noted. "After the closure of Acres of Books in 2008, the arrival of Moor's Gatsby was a shot in the arm for the Long Beach literary community. Moor hosted innumerable readings and other events and became a true hub for writers in the city."