Scenes from the eBook Summit Preview Party

Last night a crowd of readers, writers, and publishing types mingled at the Bubble Lounge in New York City, previewing mediabistro.com’s eBook Summit.

Among the Summit speakers at the party was Movable Type Literary Group agent Jason Allen Ashlock (pictured), sharing some digital publishing wisdom. At the event, education director Carmen Scheidel and this GalleyCat editor introduced the industry leaders who will ponder the future of this crazy profession at the conference.

More party photos follow after the jump. Stay tuned over the next few months–we hope to organize more of these informal, publishing-centered meet-ups following the eBook Summit.

Here are a few new friends talking about publishing at the lounge:

Here is a wide shot of the festivities:

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