Indie Bookstores: 'You Walk In and It Feels Like a Sanctuary'
"They're really cool places that have a unique environment. You walk in and it feels like a sanctuary--like, 'It's all about books in here'.... The people running them are so in love with books, they're so enthusiastic, and they're looking for opportunities to share that love with people who come in. 
Now that I'm all-in on making picture books, I'm really looking forward to this year and spending more time going into stores, talking with people as an author, hopefully doing events with them later in the year.... I'm really looking forward to meeting more booksellers this year through those events, because they're really great people."
--Brandon James Scott, whose book The Skeleton and the Cat (HarperCollins) is the July/August Kids' Indie Next List pick, in a q&a with Bookselling This Week
