Bay Area Editors Forum
The Bay Area Editors' Forum is an association of in-house and freelance editors from a variety of publishing and publications settings.

Bay Area Independent Publishers Association
A non-profit organization providing educational opportunities to independent presses and small publishers.

Bookbinders' Guild of New York
A non-profit organization composed of professionals from all aspects of the graphic arts. Members include publishers, manufacturers, and suppliers involved in the creation of books and electronic media. The main focus of the organization is education: to provide an open forum for its members, allowing them to work on ideas together, stay on top of the latest technologies, and to improve the quality of their products.

Bookbuilders of Boston
A nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing together people involved in book publishing and manufacturing throughout New England.

Chicago Book Clinic
Encourages excellence in publishing by providing a platform for the educational, social, and professional interaction of its members.

The Digital Printing & Imaging Association
Serves all segments of the graphics industry - users, manufacturers, sellers, and distributors - who share a common enthusiasm for the expanding use of digital printing technology.

Graphic Arts Technical Foundation
The Graphic Arts Technical Foundation is a member-supported, nonprofit, technical, and education organization serving the international graphic communications industries. Its mission statement reads "To serve the graphic communications community as the leading resource for technical information and services through research and education."

National Association of Printers & Lithographers
NAPL, chartered in 1933, is a not-for-profit graphic arts trade association. It is dedicated to providing a full range of management and educational services to its membership. Services include management consulting, events calendar, resource directory.

Printing Industries of America
Headquartered in Alexandria, VA, Printing Industries of America (PIA) is the world's largest graphic arts trade association, representing an industry with more than 990,000 employees and $116.3 billion in sales annually. PIA promotes the interests of nearly 14,000 member companies, which become members by joining one of 33 regional affiliate organizations throughout the U.S.

Professional Scholarly Publishing (PSP)
Division of the Association of American Publishers. Publisher of the booklet "Explore the World of Professional and Scholarly Publishing" (2.7MB PDF file) as a service to students and professionals considering a career in the PSP field.

Software Publishers Association

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