NOTE--Meeting Location  
Cleveland Park Library 
2nd Floor Meeting Room 
3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
(map) 

Audience: Those considering a book 
venture and those considering other entrepreneurial startups 

Description: At one time or another in our lives, many of us have imagined ourselves writing a book. Whether the  "great American novel" or another genre, a book captures our attention and carries a certain aura of authority. This session compares the speaker's experiences as an author published by a traditional publishing house and his subsequent efforts in starting his own small-volume publishing company. 

The publishing industry can be notoriously difficult to break into as an author. The speaker provides comparisons of old and new approaches, and the advantages and disadvantages of each. 
 
Speaker:  Jeff Peters is a program manager, Web, developer, and consultant for Operational Technologies Services, Inc., in Vienna, Virginia. He is also a frequent speaker in the ColdFusion and Fusebox community. His Web site, GrokFusebox.com, is a repository of information for devotees of the Fusebox Web application framework. 

Jeff is the author of Fusebox: Developing ColdFusion Applications (New Riders, 2002); ColdFusion Lists, Arrays, & Structures (Proton Arts, 2004); and Fusebox 4 & FLiP: Master-Class ColdFusion Applications (Proton Arts, 2004). He is also the owner of Proton Arts, a publishing/consulting company. Mr. Peters may be familiar to CPCUGers 
from his days as a Monitor columnist, author of "The Webspinner." 

Proton Arts is a small-volume publishing company based in Manassas, Virginia, and specializing in "the art of technology." Books from Proton Arts are 
well-focused works on technical subjects, emphasizing the idea that even very technical disciplines have an artistic quality to them. Using the latest in print-on-demand technology and technically skilled editors, Proton Arts can move works into 
print faster than many traditional publishing houses--an essential capability when producing works for the fast-moving tech sector. 

Jeff may be reached by e-mail. 

Agenda 

12:30  pm	Check-In
1:00 pm	Welcome & Announcements
1:10 pm	"And You Can Quote Me on That . . . "  Tax Updates & Accounting Tips, Jina Etienne, CPA
1:20 pm	Main presentation: Publishing- Old and New: One Man's Ventures in Bookworld
2:45 pm	Q&A
3:00 pm	Closing announcements
3:05 pm	Informal queries, conversation, networking

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Location: One-half block south of the Cineplex Odeon Uptown movie theatre on Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. (There are many restaurants suitable for pre- or post-meeting gathering/networking/refreshment in the block north of the library.) 

Parking: Very small lot, off Macomb St., to left of library. 

Metrorail--Cleveland Park Station on the Red Line (on Connecticut Avenue, just 1.5 blocks north of meeting site) 

Several times a year a smaller group (usually about 8 to 12) goes to Nanny O'Brien's (directly across the street from the Cleveland Park Library at 3319 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 202-686-9189, open 2 pm Saturday to 2 am Sunday) or another local establishment for continued conversation, networking, and refreshment following the meeting. (Participants pay for their own beverages and food.) 

Join us!