Indie Bookstores: 'A Pillar That Is Holding Up Our Country'
"I owe my entire career to indie booksellers. Word of mouth has just been what has helped me to keep publishing, so they are just so crucial to my life. I also worked in three independent bookstores when I was younger, and loved each one of them.
"The bookstores in my town--and in every city I go to--are so important to me. I am just so indebted and so grateful. And now more than ever, independent bookstores are so crucial to our future, to our population, to facts and information, and to education. They're a pillar that is holding up our country."
--Lily King, whose novel Heart the Lover (Grove Press) is the #1 October Indie Next List pick, in a q&a with Bookselling This Week
