This Week in mediabistro.com Book Parties

mediabistro.com is throwing two parties this week that might be of interest to the publishing community. Tonight, editorial staffers can mingle at Lolita with Melissa Walker (far left), the teen mag editor turned YA novelist recently featured in the site’s “Book Keeping” series. Then, Wednesday night, mediabistro.com instructor Susan Shapiro is the guest of honor at an all-media party at Chinatown Brasserie, celebrating the publication of her latest book, Only As Good As Your Word.

Create a social media strategy, launch your campaign, and track the results in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. The online event and workshop will feature speakers including The Onion‘s Baratunde Thurston (left), Facebook’s Morin Oluwole, and bitly’s Tim Devane. Register now.