The Brown Bookshelf: United in Story hosts “Indie and Author” from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST July 23 at The Brown Bookshelf forum at MySpace.

Featured guests will be Jennifer Laughran of Books Inc. (the West’s oldest independent bookstore; it has 11 locations) and Not Your Mother’s Book Club and Jaz Vincent, owner of RealEyes Bookstore, based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Peek: “If you’re interested in learning the best ways to support your local indie as an author, librarian, teacher or simply a lover of books, drop in ask a few questions, make a few suggestions or just listen in to what Jaz and Jenn have to say about literary life among the big whales of industry.”

Read a Cynsations interview with the founders of The Brown Bookshelf.