A fixture on lists like “The Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World,” the Ojai landmark was inspired by the founder's travels far from home.
Schlichter ran the bookshop for 27 years, until 2004, over the years adding features such as handicap ramps.
“It’s a tradition going on since the store opened,” Schlichter told Times writer Charles Hillinger in 1990. Perhaps most difficult for customers to reckon with is the loss of the shop’s beloved oak tree, removed after part of it fell into the street. “When I see [visitors] walk through, take a picture and leave, it’s frustrating, because it makes part of what I do feel empty.”, which makes up a large portion of the bookstore’s revenue. “ Seventy percent of my sales are people outside of Ventura County,” Henriksen said, with the bulk of customers coming from the Greater Los Angeles area. “It’s mostly been helpful to us; it allows me to pay my employees a little better than most bookstores.
After taking photos and grabbing a quick bite to eat, the newly engaged couple returned to Bart’s to browse. “We stayed in the bookstore for an hour and a half or two hours. ... There’s so much to see,” she said.. “We wanted to take a little piece of the bookstore with us,” she said.“Avail yourself of the staff,” he said. “People feel shy about asking us for our time or attention, but that’s really why we’re here.”include a poetry reading from poet laureate Lee Herrick, on Sept. 2.
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