Independent bookselling is essential

“Independent bookselling is the essential recipe ingredient that puts the right books in the right hands at the right times. We’ve always known this, but now the rest of our industry is keenly aware that what we do for books, authors and readers is unmatched and has to be supported.”

—Becky Anderson, owner of Anderson’s Bookshops and outgoing president of the American Booksellers Association, in her final letter to members