Author Kate Reed Petty writes: “Most events are still following the old-fashioned format of the in-person bookstore event, where two authors have a conversation, maybe with a short reading, maybe with an audience Q&A. Rather than developing new ideas for book events to suit the technology we’re using, the literary community is by and large continuing to do what we’ve always done. It’s time to start experimenting—and to try radically reinventing what a ‘book event’ can be, in this radically different year.”