Book Soup founder dead at 58. What's next for the beloved bookstore?

Glenn Goldman, whose independent bookstore, Book Soup, became a Sunset Boulevard landmark known for its tall, teetering stacks and mazes of shelves crammed with titles that attracted entertainment and tourist industry clientele, died Saturday. He was 58.

Goldman died of pancreatic cancer just a day after announcing his decision to sell the legendary store, which opened in 1975 and offered an eccentric mix of works ranging from Star Maps to rare collectibles such as Helmut Newton's $1,500 photo extravaganza, "SUMO."

Goldman, who looked like anything but the stereotype of a big-city bookseller in his casual blue jeans, pullover shirts and Nike athletic shoes, was regarded as a superior businessman who prospered amid an increasingly capricious market.

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--Louis Sahagun

More: Times Book Editor David Ulin pays tribute to Goldman.

Photo: Bernadette Peters signing copies of her book, "Broadway Barks," at Book Soup.

Photo credit: Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times

Comments

[David Galvan]

Uh. . . perhaps you should have used a different photo. . . Bernadette Peters is never mentioned in the post, yet a picture of her is used for this story?