In reply to Trad Book Design Communities?:
I hear you about LinkedIn and Facebook, but they serve certain niche areas of my life and I tend to engage in social media just about only when I'm working. I'll keep them handy on the second monitor in case I'm working at an odd hour and need the sense that there are other humans around at that particular hour. As for book design people to speak with, it's true that a good many can be found on Typophile when a thread raises them. And you'll find them in various publishing-related Yahoo Groups, on a number of freelancers forums, as well as in LinkedIn groups. I occasionally get some, tho' nowhere near as many as I'd like, commenting on my blog about book design. I think it's all about putting together the best combo of connections in as many places online as possible for running into those kinds of discussions.
