2012 Newsletters

Just in Case you missed this:

Our Lead Article for March 2012:

We are both excited and intimidated by the year ahead of us. While we are constantly reminded of our challenges, we are also excited by the possibilities of being an independent bookstore in 2012. We remain dedicated to bookselling even as we much reach farther and farther out into our communities to make it possible to stay in business. We are growing our outside event business and you will see us at more festivals, more book and author talks, and supporting authors at outside events. This also means that we are expanding our genres and our reach.

It often surprises us that people who walk in our stores don’t make the connection between browsing and supporting us. We love that they want to talk about books, peruse the latest arrivals, and read up on the authors who will be visiting, but sometimes when they just take notes and then go home to buy a book from an on-line retailer who doesn’t pay taxes in the state of California we just scratch our heads. But most importantly, we worry a little. It is not enough to love our store, love our staff, and value our recommendations. Without your purchases from us, we will no longer be able to provide you with these services.

And eBooks are no exception to this. We want you to know and understand that we embrace eBooks for our customers who choose to read in this format, but we would like you to buy them from us. In this case, price is not even an issue. The majority of eBooks are priced the same no matter where you buy them. So why not buy them from us? Come in and let us show you how easy it is to do this ... and how much we appreciate your support.

On the bright side, we are thrilled to announce that Catalina Coffee Cafe will be opening its doors inside the Redondo Beach store sometime this spring. Construction will begin soon and we are delighted to be joining forces with another locally owned, independent business ... one that will have a beer and wine license as well as wonderful food and coffee for the daytime traffic.

The San Diego store has just created some exciting new displays for the increasingly popular oversized paperbacks, installed on new shelves to show off some of the books you might have passed up on a previous visit.

We are constantly changing and adapting our business and we are excited about the future of bookselling and serving our communities. We look forward to your next visit.

The Mysterious Galaxy Staff

We publish our newsletters in hard copy; every edition is available at both store locations and also in pdf format on our website. This page has links to all of our 2012 newsletters.

Our latest newsletters are now available on line. You can view the The Plot Thickens for May covering events and reviews for the San Diego and Redondo Beach stores. To look at any newsletter on-line, click the pdf file below.

We are always happy to send print newsletters to you. Just contact the store to be added to the mailing list. (There is a small annual charge to cover postage and mailing costs.)

Remember, if you cannot attend an event, we would be happy to reserve a signed book for you -- just contact the staff.