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Tracking Time for Freelancers

By M.F. Corwin

August 13, 2014 by Ooligan Staff Leave a Comment

Tracking Time for Freelancers

As students of publishing, everyone who works at Ooligan is very busy. There are papers to write, portfolios to put together, sales kits to assemble, ebooks to craft, as well as the day-to-day operations of a trade publisher. On top of all that, many of us also have day jobs, which means our days are […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Business, career planning, freelancing, professional development, RescueTime, self employment, time management, time tracking

Open Letter to Amazon Gains Support of Best-Selling Authors

By Barbara Payne

July 30, 2014 by Ooligan Staff Leave a Comment

Open Letter to Amazon Gains Support of Best-Selling Authors

While this year’s Fourth of July fireworks displays around the country were bold and beautiful, the fireworks between online retail giant Amazon.com and long-standing book publisher Hachette were anything but. Over the holiday weekend, support for Authors Guild Council Member Douglas Preston’s open letter to Amazon hit 300 signatures, with big names like Stephen King, […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: amazon, author compensation, Authors Guild, Douglas Preston, eBooks, Hachette, industry, James Patterson, petitions, pricing, royalties, Scott Turow, Self-Publishing, Stephen King

Kick the Summertime Blues with a Personalized Book Recommendation from My Librarian

By Erika Schnatz

July 23, 2014 by Ooligan Staff Leave a Comment

Kick the Summertime Blues with a Personalized Book Recommendation from My Librarian

Summertime is here, and if you’re a reader, it’s time to get to those books that have been sitting on your nightstand or bookshelf for months. Some people pledge to get through the classics, while others look to NPR or Entertainment Weekly for advice on what to read. Others may wander aimlessly through the library […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: books, library, Multnomah County Library, My Librarian, Portland, Read 4 Life, Reading, Summer Reading 2014, the Library Foundation, The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation

One Step Leads to Another

By Meagan Lobnitz

July 21, 2014 by Ooligan Staff Leave a Comment

Hello, again. It has been another couple of busy weeks for Untangling the Knot: Queer Voices on Marriage, Relationships & Identity. The summer session is short, and there are many details that need to be handled before fall term begins, so the project team is hard at work to make sure everything is on track […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: anthology, books, Editing, Ooligan, sales kits, Untangling the Knot

Interview with Hawthorne Books Editor Adam O’Connor Rodriguez

By Alexandra Haehnert

July 18, 2014 by Ooligan Staff Leave a Comment

Interview with Hawthorne Books Editor Adam O’Connor Rodriguez

We recently got the chance to talk with Adam O’Connor Rodriguez, who currently teaches the copyediting class in PSU’s graduate program in book publishing. An industry insider, he’s worked for Portland-based Hawthorne Books since 2007 and is now their senior editor. Among other titles, he edited Frank Meeink’s Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead, James Bernard […]

Filed Under: Interview Tagged With: Adam O’Connor Rodriguez, Burnside Review, copyediting, developmental editing, Editing, Hawthorne Books, interview, Rhonda Hughes

The Pilgrimage Begins

By Ariana Marquis

July 18, 2014 by Ooligan Staff Leave a Comment

This summer, there’s exciting news for all of us here at Ooligan: we recently acquired a fantastic memoir by Allison Green that deals with youth, growth, travel, sexuality, literature, and trout. The story hinges on a roadtrip Allison took through Idaho to retrace (roughly) the route taken by Richard Brautigan, his wife, and his daughter […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: books, memoir, new acquisition, Ooligan, The Ghosts Who Travel With Me

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