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The Past is Always Greener...
I finally saw Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris - what a sweet and charming treat! It did remind me of the dangers of nostalgia... romanticising the past too much can sometimes cloud your ability to enjoy the present and see the value of what is right in front of you. I am trying my very best to look forward right now, but I can't deny that I'm missing my Village Books!
Speaking of looking foward, I want to remind you again about ordering books from our website, palivillagebooks.com. If we can generate decent sales on the website, it will allow some form of Village Books to go forward and produce author and other literary events at venues in the village; supply books for our schools; participate in offsites such as holiday boutiques and bookfairs; and otherwise continue to be part of our Pacific Palisades community. I truly appreciate each of you who has made the extra effort to register and order books off our site. Plus I know a lot of you are "booked out" from buying so many books from VB in its last weeks of operation. As we head into August, I will have to make hard decisions about what is really feasible to do, and sales on our website will be crucial in making those decisions. (For example, yesterday's daily report showed we sold 8 books on our site, and when I checked the details, it turned out I bought 5 of them and Connie bought the other three! Probably not a great basis for going forward...!).
So please consider making palivillagebooks.com your on-line bookseller of choice. Register once and you are ready to order as often as you like - 20% off hardcovers, 10% off paperbacks and free shipping to your door!! Thanks and please ask your friends and family (no matter where they live) to do the same. Now that I am almost finished clearing out of the store, I will be focusing my attention on adding some features to our website, including a weekly feature "This is what I would have ordered this week for the Front Table... now you can order it too from our website!" Stay tuned!!
Summer Reading 2011
Okay, folks, we know we're a little late with this. Here it is mid-July and we're just getting around to recommending our "summer reading" picks. Things have been a little....busy! But don't worry, there's lots of long summer days left, and lots of great new books to read. Don't forget, you can order them right here from Village Books by clicking on the banner above, and you'll save 20% off hardbacks, 10% off paperbacks AND get free shipping, right to your door...or right to the door of wherever you are this summer! So relax and enjoy. Summer is a great time to get lost in a book!
A Letter From Katie
Dear Friends,
A deeply heartfelt thank you to each of you who attended the closing of Village Books on Thursday June 30, 2011. I haven't fully processed the fact that the store is closed, but want to keep looking forward to the new evolution of "Village Books...To Go!". PLEASE choose www.palivillagebooks.com as your bookseller of choice each and every time you decide to buy a book online. We continue to offer 20% off hardcovers, 10% off paperbacks and FREE SHIPPING to your door! Plus there is a huge inventory of books, DVDs and music to shop from, and a great search engine to help you find exactly what you want. The future of Village Books depends on the success of web sales, so please pass this on to friends and family. Wherever they live, the can order their books from us and receive discounted prices and free shipping! We will continue to add personal recommendations and other "book chat" to our web page, and will be sending emails about upcoming events and ideas. If you are not already on our email list, just click on "Newsletter Sign Up" from the menu on the left. Also, Palisades Village Book Friends, the non-profit that continues to support literary events in our community, welcomes your support. Send your tax deductible donation today to PVBF, P.O. Box 1553, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272.
Thank you again for your loving support of Village Books. It has been an amazing, happy fourteen years of serving this community, and with your help, I hope to continue with "Village Books...To Go!" I am grateful to each of you. xoxo Katie
Then We Came to the End
It was with great regret and sadness that Katie O'Laughlin announced on Thursday, June 2 that Village Books would be closing on June 30, after fourteen years in business. "Village Books has struggled financially for the past 10 years," says O'Laughlin, "but I was able to somehow make it work. Unfortunately, recent changes in the book business have made it impossible to continue operating the store in its present form." To read the full story, click here.
What you can do to help:
Come into the store this month and buy a book or books, so Katie can wind down the business "and stay out of debtor's prison!!" We also invite you to share your memories of Village Books by coming into the store and writing in our memory book, posting on our Facebook wall, or e-mailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Katie directly at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Katie thanks you "for your ongoing generosity and support, and for the most wonderful, rewarding and enriching 14 years a person could ever ask for." Boo Hoo!
Event Postponed!
Dear Friends and Fellow Book and Tom Hanks Lovers!
We are so sorry to announce that the fundraising event scheduled for Tuesday, May 24 at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica (screening the movie You've Got Mail and a Q&A with Tom Hanks) has been POSTPONED due to unforeseen circumstances. (The private reception is also postponed). If you have already purchased a ticket, we will be contacting you to arrange a refund. Please accept our deepest apology for any inconvenience this may have caused. We so appreciate your support and are sorry to disappoint you. Please stay tuned for further information about the rescheduling of this event in late July or early August. Again, please accept our apologies and thank you for all the support you have given Village Books and PVBF.
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