Skim new books about squat (2-3)

'squat' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'skim new books about' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'new' could be 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament) and 'n' is found within the answer.
'about' could be 'of' and 'of' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'at' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?