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The A to Zoom of Digital Book Events: How One Press Managed the Overnight Transition to Virtual Events Due to the Coronavirus
- Journal of Scholarly Publishing
- University of Toronto Press
- Volume 51, Number 4, July 2020
- pp. 228-233
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Abstract:
When COVID-19 caused a full season of book events to be cancelled in spring 2020, the MIT Press decided immediately to take its author events online instead. This article describes the process of making a swift transition from festivals, book tours, launches, and conferences to a fully digital events landscape.