Company type | Private |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | November 14, 1894Pasadena | in
Founder | A.C. Vroman |
Headquarters | Pasadena, California |
Number of locations | 2 |
Area served | Pasadena |
Products | books |
Website | vromansbookstore |
Vroman's Bookstore is reportedly the oldest and largest independent bookstore by multiple news media reporters in Southern California.[1]
The store hosts over 400 free community events a year including children's storytimes, trivia nights, craft classes, bake-offs, and launch parties, and has hosted such authors as President Bill Clinton, President Jimmy Carter, Irving Stone, Upton Sinclair, Ray Bradbury, David Sedaris, Salman Rushdie, Walter Mosley, Joan Didion, Barbara Walters, Anne Rice, Neil Gaiman, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Bernie Sanders.[2]