A place to share tips and tools for independent publishing on screens. How to publish your work on ebooks, or on iPads, or tablets, or phones, or desktop screens. Mostly book and magazine-like content, but anything with words as well as images. Come tell us what is working for you, and what has not worked.

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BABS was founded to foster the local community of content creators, bloggers, authors, web experts, ebook creators, publishers and online marketing professionals. Our in-person meetings go deep and wide into the culture and tools of digital connection. Members share tips & tricks, hear new concepts by local start-up owners, brainstorm blog elements, and network for mutual success. Attending our meetings, you will find new blogging buddies, support for your ideas, and answers to your technical qu …

We are a group of writers who are seriously dedicated to the process and content of our writing. Some of us work professionally as writers and also have different creative genres of writing that we are working on (novels, scripts, essays, memoirs, travel writing, and more). Others work in different professions but have writing projects they are deeply committed to. We encourage, inspire, critique each other, and also network. We meet at least once a month, so far on Saturday afternoons, for abou …

A group for website publishers to share tips and advice on how to drive revenue through online advertising. The meetup will be an informal gathering for ad publishers to share knowledge of ad optimization and ad networks over beers. As the group grows, we'll have small roundtables with small and large ad networks, like google adsense. General Topics: Ad Networks Direct Sales Ad Serving Analytics Search Engine Optimization(SEO) & Marketing Mobile And More Make sure to JOIN this group as we'll b …

The San Francisco Writers Community is a group of: -Writers -Editors -Publishers -Local book store owners/managers -Designers We are working together to help one another create and market our work in the new world of writing and publishing.

The group is devoted to learning how to use and monetize the social media, including LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, Branch Out, Plaxo, the Referral Network, Merchant Circle, Quepaso, and many others. We will have group meetings to share success strategies and learn what works and doesn't, as well as have speakers, teleseminars, and webinars to provide tips on what to do. The group will become part of a network of Social Media Connection groups in other parts of the U.S. and other countries. …

The free and official community-based InDesign user group sponsored and hosted by Adobe at their office located at 601 Townsend Street, San Francisco. Meetings include a presentation from members like you, networking, and a raffle with prizes such as Adobe software, special event tickets, and instructional materials.

I am an internationally published poet, author, publisher, writing coach and meditation teacher. For years I have taught writing workshops and classes throughout the Bay Area as well as volunteered at Spirit Rock Meditation Center teaching in the Family and Teen Program, and more recently have been teaching a class at Book Passage called "The Mindful Writer." This meetup is an opportunity for me to merge my two primary practices of writing and mindfulness, and open up these teachings to a wider …

This group places the focus upon the implementation of word to sale, task to completion. Marketing managment between authors is shared including experience with publishing and social media outlets. The group is also one of empowerment knowing whatever you want to do is possible. As a former therapist in the field of psychology, those who are in the medical field branching out into publishing are welcome to join and learn, and make new friendships. Ultimately, this is a group of empowered beings …

We'll help you in writing, publishing and promoting your book, as well as promoting other products and services.  This group is now going national; so it is now the PR and Networking Connection and E-Book Publishing Group.    

I love reading poems out loud and want to find out what other poetry people are discovering and savoring and what it means for their lives. The vision of this meet up is to gather up a group of people to meet monthly in San Francisco to spend a couple hours sharing poems that people are finding have great meaning for them and want to share with others. This can take the form of a simple gathering at members houses or in a café or a potluck where everyone brings a poem to read. There are also som …

Inviting writers in all genres, published or not, to share work and provide constructive feedback in an informal, supportive environment. Also to share experiences in publishing process and make friends with fellow writers. We meet weekly, on Wednesday evenings from 7.30p-9.30p at Au Coqulait in Berkeley.

Authors have books to promote. Speakers, coaches, and consultants needs books. And what do all these groups need? Visibility to sell more books, get clients, and speaking engagements to support and sustain their work. That is the purpose and focus of the Bestselling Author Network. If you've struggled with making book sales, then this group is for you. If you are overwhelmed with how to get attention for your upcoming book, then this group is for you. If you're wondering how best to get yo …

We are a growing group of people in Marin County, CA, and beyond, who study the Law of Attraction as taught by Abraham-Hicks. Our mission is to have fun creating the life of our dreams. Although you may see here that only a few people from this meetup site have rsvp'd for any published meeting, in reality between 15 and 20 people join us every week; they just don't tell us in advance. Don't stay away because you don't think it's happening....It's HAPPENIN' We gather in person twice a month, on t …

Weekly singing of simple (and increasingly sophisticated) 3- and 4-part harmonies. Big fun. As Brian Eno says: "I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence, heightened sexual attractiveness and a better sense of humor." http://tinyurl.com/5wv9pl There are practice tracks and sheet music under More > Files. Each week we'll publish one song that we're going to learn, so that anyone who attends can p …