How We Planned Our Very First Virtual Bookstore Event in a Matter of Hours
One of the biggest books of this past plague year was Erik Larson’s The Splendid and the Vile. The success of the book is no surprise, Larson’s books are perennial bestsellers and he’s a hell of a storyteller. But the core narrative, the perseverance of the British people in the face of Nazi aggression and the Blitz, seemed perfectly timed to a year when the world faced a new, relentless enemy, COVID-19. The book dropped in late February 2020. The virus was already becoming a concern, but not enough to stop authors from touring. At Magic City Books in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the nonprofit boo...