… [The Consortium then screens companies within the selected industry and invites a representative from two or three leading companies to sit on a panel and provide practical examples of how their service has helped publishers – and it should be noted that panelists are prohibited from overt sales pitches. Members are then encouraged to ask the panelists candid questions. The goal of this session is to provide meeting participants with an overview of the various options available to them.] Par …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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!

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!

If you are interested in not having to designing for separate mobile, tablet and desktop sites and learning about what makes Responsive Web Design special. This group is for you! Responsive Web Design (RWD) is essentially  indicates that a web design process for  site is crafted to use W3C CSS3 media queries with fluid proportion-based grids, to adapt the layout to the viewing environment, and probably also flexible images. As a result, users across a broad range of devices and browsers will hav …

This is a group of comic book and science fiction creators and people who love comic books and science fiction. A place for writers and artists to share and discuss their work, meet other creators and fans, and create connections and collaborations. All without having to travel into NYC! Come, bring your artwork, stories, sculptures, scripts or just your love of the medium. Get a critique of your latest pages, bounce your recnet ideas off others, show off your newest published work. Professional …

If your a book lover who enjoys reading literature written by African-American and Latino authors, meeting new people while having fun, then this is the group for you. A monthly book will be chosen to read, and reviewed. Reviews will be shared with authors and publishers so our voice can be heard by authors and publishers. Members will be informed of publishing news, events, workshops and seminars. We will host guest speakers, authors and contributers to the publishing industry to discuss self-p …

… So if you need help with plot structure, advice on how to find publishers or agents, encouragement from those that have been in the trenches or just want to talk about writing, this is your haven. Organizer Kevin Sheehan has published several novels and dozens of short stories over the past 15 years. He has a horror novel coming out with Samhain Publishing in the fall and a children's book with Random House next year.