Salman Rushdie thanks indie booksellers

From Unabridged Bookstore:

 This letter from Mr. Rushdie to independent book sellers is one of the million and a half reasons we are ridiculously excited for his forthcoming JOSEPH ANTON. 

It reads, in part:

"I have never ceased to be grateful for what the independent booksellers of America did in 1989 and, now that I have finally been able to tell the full story of that battle, I am glad to be able to honor your courage and give you all your due, both in the pages of my book and in what I will say about it when it is published. This is just to thank you personally. It was a privilege to be defended by you, and I have been trying, and will continue to try, to be worthy of that defense."