The Publishing Point is a community of professionals excited about the changes transforming the publishing industry. We are publishers, agents, authors, booksellers and bloggers coming together to learn, trade information and discuss issues that shape our industry. To join The Publishing Point community, please sign up on www.publishingpoint.com. You can also follow us on twitter: @publishingpoint; #pubpt. As part of our commitment to putting our members in touch with publishing leaders and i …

mediaIDEAS CABARET is for discerning (possibly even jaded) MEDIA PROFESSIONALS (& friends, investors, watchers) with curiosity, wit, imagination, and an UNQUENCHABLE THIRST for LIFE and the future of publishing and paginated media. Come join us for an evening of THRILLS, CHILLS, SPILLS, and A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE. GASP as old business models and the publishing industry of yore GOES DOWN IN FLAMES! CHEER as you yourself WITNESS with your very own eyes and PARTICIPATE in REINVENTING the pu …

We are an eclectic group of entrepreneurs, authors, publishers, agents, and technologists with a goal of creating a community to actively drive changes in the publishing industry.

eZ Publish (pronounced "easy publish") is an Open Source Content Management System that provides a platform for multi-channel publishing. eZ Publish is ideal for the development of customized web and mobile applications. The mission of the New York eZ User Community is to lead the community in the New York area, to facilitate collaboration between the local community and eZ Systems, to encourage sharing of relevant ideas, experiences, and "best practices" among members, and to foster innovation …

We are a community of socially and philanthropically inclined writers and readers. PUBSLUSH is an innovative publishing platform transforming the industry through a grassroots movement committed to giving back. We allow readers to decide what books get published, and provide a forum to discover aspiring authors. For every book we sell, we donate a book to a child in need. PUBSLUSH is a full service publisher that uses crowdsourcing as the first step in the publication process to discover promisi …

Meet local writers, publishers, editors, booksellers, readers, marketers, publicists, and agents to network! Our focus is the business of publishing, and how independent writers can get their work into the marketplace without necessarily going through the traditional routes if they so choose. The technology is certainly there to create a straight-to-customer high-quality product!

Hi everyone! This is the Meetup group that corresponds to theEbooks, Ebook Readers, Digital Books and Digital Content LinkedIn group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Ebooks-Ebook-Readers-Digital-Books-1515307?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr Book Publishing professionals interested in latest industry news and experiments on ebooks (e-books), ebook readers, digital books & content—creating/developing, marketing & sales: what's working/not, what are you trying, expand your network, improve your resources, discu …

This is a group for authors (established, new, and aspiring) and agents (including new agents looking for new writers and books). We will meet once per month for an exchange of ideas, insights, intelligence, and information about getting published.    Those who are already published and who have an agent are encouraged to invite their agent to join with us.    Authors: Please ask your agents to get involved. Agents: Please consider all of your authors for involvement.   Thank you for reading.

Supporting writers with the essentials to become a bestseller: a great project, a strong platform and a well-polished pitch, presentation and hook for their book. Writers in all phases of the publishing process, published and unpublished, are welcome to join.

The NYC chapter of the Digital Book World community gets together for fun networking events throughout the year. If you work in book publishing, let's meetup!

This group was started to help aspiring and published Latino(a) writers and members of the publishing industry get together for networking, the sharing ideas and information, for readings and support, and just for fun. We also have an annual writers conference! Anyone and everyone is invited to join, especially those that are interested in contemporary Latino literature!

I decided to start this group because as a gold and platinum music producer, musician and former record executive, I feel there is a lot of misinformation and lack of real information about how to break into the music business and music publishing for musicians of all stripes. This group will cover how to make a great demo, the ins and outs of music publishing, what A&R means and why they are the gatekeepers, what a 360 deal is, where the money really is in the music business, touring and giggin …

For iPad Developers, special emphasis on Media and Publishing, how to integrate the iPad into larger publishing frameworks.

After attending Storyworld Conference, a few experienced publishing friends got together to discuss the future of transmedia storytelling and traditional publishing. We decided we needed to experiment with our own IP, and expand our storyworlds. Creating APPS is a big part of the ecosystem. So voila! Join us!

… This is a group of Web and Interactive designers, Graphic designers,  technologists and mobile enthusiasts interested in discussing the best practices and cases of Responsive web design and publishing.  

Tu 6:30 – 7 pm Guided Meditation (Free) at CRS Please join us in the sharing of miracles. Here, your mind can come to rest and you can remember true peace. No experience with meditation is required, and everyone is welcome. Please arrive for Meditation before 6:30 pm as we don't open our door while the meditation is in progress. Kindly refrain from ringing our buzzer during this time. We at CRS are dedicated teachers and students of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) who are waiting to share miracle …