ISSUES

Friends, We wanted to take a moment to write to you all one last time. As we close this chapter of our lives, we want to sincerely thank you for your support over the years, and especially since we announced our closure. Your kind words really carried us through some dark days and inspired us to keep going. We now have some exciting new projects, which we are thrilled to share with you. If you'd like to keep in touch with us, please read on below! ... From Noella: Moving forward, I will be focusing on my new bookkeeping company, Abacus & Typewriter, specializing in helping small businesses and non-profits with their bookkeeping needs. I am excited to use my two decades of business management experience to support and uplift my community! Please find me at Abacus & Typewriter to hear more about my offerings, my current cool clients, and to follow me on my new small business journey! And if you know of anyone looking for a bookkeeper, please send them my way. Thanks everyone! From Joe: I have started going through our archive of used books and I will be listing items on my Instagram account @hubrisandsons. I have also been posting on my @joecolleysound account. Please follow me at these sites to keep in touch. We are so grateful for all of you and we just want to say, from the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU.

Hi everyone! We’ve been busy shipping out orders all week and we just wanted to take a moment to check in and remind you that TODAY is the LAST DAY to place orders on issuesshop.com! Please check out the link in bio! We’re still offering the following specials: ... all Moleskine notebooks are 25% off all t-shirts have been marked down to $15 (normally $25) all ISSUES caps have been marked down to $15 (normally $20) use code ISSUESFOREVER for FREE US SHIPPING at checkout!!!! Thank you so much for all of your support!! We feel the love and are beyond grateful.

It’s been over six months since we announced our closure and a lot of people have asked what we’ve been up to. Well, it’s time for an update! We have kept issuesshop.com active as a means to stay connected and sell existing merchandise; however, we will be shutting down the website at the end of the year. We will only be processing orders for ONE MORE WEEK! The LAST DAY to place orders will be Friday, December 11th! ... This will allow us time to ship everything out to you and make sure you receive your items before we shut things down. Unfortunately, we still have significant financial obligations because of ISSUES, which we will be carrying for quite some time. Any purchase you make now will help us to alleviate this burden. We are so thankful for your support. To make things even more exciting for you, we have arranged the following specials: all Moleskine notebooks are 25% off all t-shirts have been marked down to $15 (normally $25) all ISSUES caps have been marked down to $15 (normally $20) use code ISSUESFOREVER for FREE US SHIPPING at checkout!!!! Stay tuned right here to find out about our next endeavors! More announcements coming next week! We u! xoxo Noella & Joe

Thinking today of the 36 beautiful souls we lost on December 2, 2016. Four years have passed and it never gets any easier. A group of artists, musicians, and activists, these folx were the finest community members who brought this town together and created vibrancy and color in all of our lives. Our hearts go out to all of the families and friends of everyone we lost on that terrible day. We are especially thinking of our dear friend @invisiblepony today. Anyone who knew ...Kiyomi would agree with us when we say that she truly was the most extraordinary person. Passionate, curious, intelligent, compassionate, and so so much fun. She had a zest for life that was unparalleled and she brought so much joy to so many people from all walks of life. She was just incredibly kind and we miss her so, so much. Kiyomi, you inspire us to be better people. There is not a day that we do not think of you. Your bright light shines on, forever. #kiyomieternal #elsewhere See more

Dropped off some donations for @northoakland_mutualaid today at @omni.commons. I believe strongly in the work these folx are doing. I was speaking with a good friend of mine recently and the topics of inequity and access came up. She asked me what I thought she could do to help fight these injustices. My answer: mutual aid. If we all do what we can to share our resources with our neighbors (both housed and unhoused), we can help others in our immediate environment and make an... impact. This can extend into our shopping habits as well. Next time you are ordering some clothing or necessities online, throw in some items for @west.oakland.punks.with.lunch, who do amazing harm reduction work in our community. As you are thinking of family over the next couple of days, extend that gratitude to your local family and make a donation to @eastoaklandcollective, who are working tirelessly to provide meals, resources, and housing to the people. We are a strong, resilient community. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of it. Love, Noella See more

Moleskine mania!Our website has been updated with new merchandise! All of our Moleskine journals and letterpress cards are now listed! Plus t-shirts and more! Please take a look at the link in our bio to get your hands on some of this deeply discounted stock! We u!

Thanks so much for all of your orders! More going out soon! We really couldn’t do this without the USPS. Please remember to give them your support.

Hi everyone! We’re excited to announce that all of our t-shirts are now available on sale at issuesshop.com! We’ve always loved carrying these shirts that feature some of our all-time favorite artists. Please feel free to take a look! We miss you all and hope you are hanging in there.

Hi everyone! We just wanted to take a moment to give you a quick update. It’s been almost two months since we announced our closure, and we’ve been busy closing our Piedmont Avenue location, wrapping up affairs, and working on our online site. All of our new books are now listed at issuesshop.com. Please take a look if you’d like to check out our deeply discounted stock. We will be donating 25% of all sales over the next week to @antipoliceterrorproject, who are working to defund the police. Take care, everyone.

End of an era. @ ISSUES

We just wanted to take a moment to thank you all for the outpouring of support we have received since we announced our closure. These past few days have been emotionally exhausting for us, but reading all of your messages about how ISSUES has impacted your lives has been both heartwarming and heartbreaking. We have close to 100 personal messages from you all, and we plan to answer each of you individually. For now, please know that your kind words are helping to carry us thro...ugh a very difficult time. . Many people have asked how they can help with the devastating financial impact of our closure. Because of this, we have reluctantly decided to share our PayPal and Venmo account information. We can be reached on Venmo at @issuesshop (Noella Teele) or PayPal at [email protected] (Clyde Colley, Joe’s legal name). We have no expectations as far as donations go, so please know we are grateful for any assistance, but we do not feel comfortable asking for help. We are just so grateful for all of you and this community that has made the past 13 years of our lives so great. . Thank you everyone again for your support during this extremely difficult time. We love you. xoxo Noella & Joe See more

To our dear friends, family, and community, We started ISSUES in 2007 in a small shop in our own neighborhood because we loved print and believed in community. This was at a time when everyone was saying that 'print is dead' and that the written word would soon only be available electronically. We believed otherwise and created a space where print was not only accessible, but thrived. We brought in rare magazines from all over the world as well as domestic favorites. In addit...Continue reading

Thank you sooo much for all of your orders! We are eternally grateful for your support during this time. We can’t tell you how much it means to us! Truly, THANK YOU. We’re headed to the post office now with our second shipping batch. We hope to get more out later this afternoon. Meanwhile, all magazines on issuesshop.com are still 25-50% off with free shipping! And there are descriptions up for all titles. We encourage you to check out something new that you haven’t picked up before. PS: I’m still getting to all of your emails and DMs! I’ll be in touch soon. Thank you everyone. Stay strong. We’ve got this. #issuesshop #keepitoakland #toosmalltofail

ISSUES is now LIVE ONLINE! All magazines are 25-50% off with FREE SHIPPING! We have added the majority of titles we have available, but we have about a dozen more that will be going up today. We’re also working on getting descriptions up soon. Please take a look at issuesshop.com (link in bio). We’d be grateful if you’d consider purchasing some of this deeply discounted product from us now! We’re trying to stay afloat during our closure and everything helps! Thank you for your support during this time. PS: If you already purchased a Gift Certificate from us and you’d like to use it now, please email us through the website with your purchase amount and we’ll send you a code that you may use. #issuesshop #keepitoakland #toosmalltofail

Well, it looks like we are in this for the long-haul. Our shop will be closed for the month of April, to continue to help #flattenthecurve and keep our customers and employees safe. We love you all so much and miss seeing you everyday. Thank you for your support during this time! It means so much to us! We’ll be announcing our plan for the month of April in the next couple of days. Please just give us a moment to get ready. Spoiler alert: we’ll be reopening our online store with magazines at COST and FREE SHIPPING! Plus we’ll be continuing to sell Gift Certificates to help us pay our staff during our closure. We couldn’t do this without all of you and we are beyond grateful. We’ll be back soon! #issuesshop #keepitoakland @ ISSUES

#repost @keepitoakland18 The last few weeks have been a lot for us all to process and it's okay to feel stuck right now. If you are unsure of how you can still make a positive impact in our community and can lend a hand, here are some small things that go a long way: . Order to-go meals from an Oakland Indie business Buy gift cards or donate $... Treat yourself to some online retail therapy If you are financially impacted by this pandemiclike many of us and our neighborswe understand and we are with you. Our local businesses still thrive on community engagement and we really miss your local love Shout us out on socials or leave us a friendly review. Send us snail mail! By loving on our collective community, we are loving on ourselves, and that is one need we all can and should fulfill Keep It Caring. Keep It Oakland. . . . Huge thank you to our friends @roguemark_studios for creating this amazing animation video . . #KeepItCaring #OaklandStrong #StrengthInNumbers #COVID19 #CoronaVirus #ItTakesAVillage #KeepItOakland #OaklandIndies #WeLoveOakland #OaklandSmallBiz #SmallBizLife #EastBay #TownBiz #OaklandCA #KeepItIndie #OaklandEats #EastBayEats #foodiesofoakland #issuesshop

First stack of ISSUES Gift Certificates are all done and ready to be mailed out today! Thank you so much to everyone for being so supportive during our temporary closure. Reading all of your notes in your orders made me cry. I am truly touched by this community. Your financial support has allowed us to pay our employees their regular wages during this time. We are so incredibly grateful. We’ll be back soon! PS: If you ordered a Gift Certificate and you have not received a fulfillment email, please hold tight! We actually ran out of our DIY Gift Certificates and we’re going to be making more soon! We’ll be in touch! And again, THANK YOU. #issuesshop

This is Rachel, with her girl Cali. In the next slide is Andrew, with DeeDee. Both of them work at ISSUES three days a week, while maintaining other jobs to make ends meet. Both of them are artists and musicians, as well as really stand-up Oakland residents that believe in community. And they truly are the NICEST PEOPLE. All of their workplaces are now closed. We are committed to supporting these fine folks during this time, by continuing to pay them while ISSUES is closed. O...ne way you can help is to purchase a gift certificate now for use when the shop reopens. Link in bio! Thank you so much to everyone that has already bought one from us online! We are so grateful. Because of you, we are able to take care of our staff and provide a little bit of security during these uncertain times. Together, we can get through this. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. With love, Noella #issuesshop See more