'We Have So Many Readers Who Also Want to Be Business People'
"I realize there are still so many book deserts. I live in a beautiful book bubble here in Seattle. We have about 23 bookstores participating in our Seattle Independent Bookstore Day Passport. It feels like every neighborhood has its bookstore and it's such a good feeling. I wish that every community in our country had that.
"I think there is opportunity there. We have so many readers who also want to be business people. And there are so many creative thinkers and creative ways to do that, for example with pop-ups and mobile stores. And so I feel like the more places we have to get books and get inspiration and talk to readers, the better it is not just for our industry, but really for our communities and for our country."
--Tegan Tigani, ABA board president and the children's book buyer at Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle, Wash., in a "125 Years of ABA" q&a with Bookselling This Week
