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Publishers & Writers of San Diego -- Newsletter -- February 2005Dues Are Due!It's that time of year again, and 2005 membership dues are due. Membership is $67 for the calendar year, payable by check to PWSD. If you are attending this month's meeting, please bring a check for $77 (to cover the $10 meeting fee as well); or if you are not attending, you may mail the $67 membership check to PWSD, PO Box 629, Carlsbad CA 92018. Upcoming Member Events & NewsCarol Sveilich will be having a launch party and benefit fundraiser for her new book Just Fine: Unmasking Concealed Chronic Illness and Pain. The event will include live music, refreshments, six speakers, a magician, and a silent auction. Everyone is welcome. Saturday, February 26 (not long after our PWSD meeting) For more info or to donate an item for the silent auction: Congratulations, Carol! If you are a PWSD member and would like us to publicize your upcoming event or news, please inform us by replying to this newsletter or to andrew@achapman.com. If you are on this newsletter list but are not a PWSD member, join now!! PWSD accepts notice of non-member events, but will choose to publicize them on a case-by-case basis. Jewish-related Publishing Online Discussion GroupAnna Olswanger has created an online discussion group of marketing and publicity professionals, editors, publishers, authors, and others who want to network about promoting Jewish books. To subscribe, send a message to: jewishbookmarketing-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Anna has configured the group so that members receive messages only once a day. To learn more about the jewishbookmarketing group, visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jewishbookmarketing Anna has also created a new section of her own website that links to other Jewish book publishers. In the "For Readers" section of www.olswanger.com, you can view the current links to International Sephardic Journal, Jewish Heritage, Poetica Magazine, Schreiber Publishing, and SPI Books. If you are a Jewish book publisher or Jewish literary magazine publisher who would like your link to appear there, and are willing to link to www.olswanger.com in return, please contact Anna at anna@olswanger.com. PWSD (Publishers & Writers of San Diego) is a not-for-profit unincorporated association of publishing professionals in San Diego. Our goal is to offer resources, share information, present relevant topics at our event meetings, and provide a networking forum for our members. Membership is $67 per calendar year; memberships commencing on or after July 1 of the year are prorated at $37 for the balance of the year. Copyright 2005 Publishers & Writers of San Diego |