This is a busy season for Ooligan! Two of our recent titles– Dot to Dot, Oregon by Sid Miller and Killing George Washington by Anne Jennings Paris –were recently celebrated at the Doug Fir here in Portland, OR at an intimate book launch party. The Doug Fir was an excellent venue for Ooligan, Ms. Paris, [...]
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The virtual world is in an uproar surrounding Barnes and Noble’s upcoming ereader. It is being heralded as the first real Kindle competitor and the first great hope of giving Amazon a run for its money. Barnes and Noble has made it their purpose to deliver “any book, any time, anywhere” and touts the nook [...] Classroom publishing front cover In conjunction with the upcoming publication of Classroom Publishing: A Practical Guide for Teachers, we at Ooligan Press have created a blog for educators, in order to provide an online forum where those interested in or engaging in classroom publishing can find additional resources for their own classroom publishing curricula, and [...] This week, Portland Fashion Week (PFW) put on a four day event in sustainable style. Their vision: “to emphasize eco-responsible fashion, stage independent designers, and draw national attention to Portland’s unique intersection of Art, Commerce, and Sustainability.” According to Prasenjit Tito Chowdhury, executive producer of PFW, “This is the first and only sustainable production of a [...] This year’s Pacific Northwest Bookseller’s Association (PNBA) trade show, held at the PDX Airport Holiday Inn from September 10–12, was a great success. Events focusing on aspects of publishing and bookselling were held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, including the usual book signings, hunts for this season’s buzzworthy books, and panels on effectively using Facebook to [...] Rethinking Paper and Ink: The Sustainable Publishing Revolution launches Ooligan’s new OpenBook series, which will include two books per year produced using the best practices available to us. Because time, money, knowledge, and technology can limit our choices—or make “the best” choices difficult to decipher—Ooligan has decided to place our most sustainably-produced books in our [...] Ooligan’s newly formed sustainability workgroup has been granted funding for their proposed “The Sustainability Book,” which will serve both Ooligan Press and the PSU community in areas of environmentally sustainable photocopying, printing, and publishing, whether in the office or through outside vendors. Download Rethinking Paper and Ink |
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