Gateways Books and Gifts

1126 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz Ca.95062
831-429-9600 events@gatewaysbooks.com

STORE & RETREAT CENTER

In existence since 1978, Gateways Books and Gifts is one of the most successful bookstores in the country dedicated to the exploration of Mind, Body and Spirit. We are a non-profit organization owned and operated by the Hanuman Fellowship – which also sponsors the Mount Madonna Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences and the Pacific Cultural Center which are retreat centers that feature the best authors in the human potential genre. This affiliation has earned us a loyal following among an ever-widening community of people interested in spirituality, metaphysics and holistic health. The store is 5000sq ft. in size. Our parent organization is www.hanumanfellowship.org and www.mountmadonna.org/. Our store site is www.gatewaysbooks.com

LOCATION

Gateways is located near the downtown of Santa Cruz in Northern California, on a busy main driving street with easy free parking. We are a scenic 70-mile drive (1.5 hr) South from San Francisco, 30 miles (45 min) from San Jose International Airport (the heart of Silicon Valley) and about an hour’s drive North of the Monterey/Carmel/Pebble Beach area.

COMMUNITY

Santa Cruz County and the surrounding area are home to a diverse and growing population of (250,000+) individuals with an enthusiastic interest in spirituality, Yoga, the healing arts and metaphysics. Santa Cruz boasts six well-established Tibetan Buddhist centers, a dozen Yoga schools, a college of traditional Chinese medicine, two massage schools and numerous spiritual, martial arts and healing centers. In addition, the presence of the University of California at Santa Cruz and Cabrillo College make our community a world-class center of academic and intellectual interests.

EVENTS

Gateways holds in-store events 2-3 times per week and seats 150 attendees. For larger events, we regularly utilize our sister organization, the Pacific Cultural Center, which boasts seating for 250 as well as other high-quality venues which accommodate up to 600 attendees. In recent years, we have hosted many internationally known and respected authors including: Deepak Chopra, Caroline Myss, Jean Houston, Andrew Weil, Andrew Harvey, James Redfield, Eckart Tolle, Byron Katie, Don Miguel Ruiz, Dr. Masaru Emoto, and many others. We report all these sold out events and weekly sales to both Bookscan and New York Times Bestseller Lists.

ADVERTISING / PROMOTION

Gateways keeps our community appraised of events and special promotions through our Events Calendar, which reaches over 6,000 people. We also advertise every week in the local weekly entertainment newspaper and monthly body, mind, spirit newspaper (which reach a total of 260,000 readers) as well as on local radio. In addition, we issue press releases to local media outlets and facilitate author print and radio interviews. We also have a website that lists our events and we have e-mail distribution of the author events newsletter.

As you can see Gateways is a “whole world of inspiration”. We look forward to helping your authors get the attention and sales they deserve. Please contact us regarding your Body Mind Spirit authors.