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Acquisitions

Acquisitions Outreach in the World of COVID

By Kelly Zatlin @somnikitty

March 21, 2022 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Acquisitions Outreach in the World of COVID

If we don’t have anything in our slush pile to share with the press, then our team misses out on the chance to review a raw manuscript. So what has the acquisitions process looked like for Ooligan during the pandemic?

Filed Under: Acquisitions Tagged With: Acquisitions, coronavirus, Covid, outreach, slush pile

Exploring Content Warnings in the World of Publishing

By Kelly Zatlin @somnikitty

November 24, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Exploring Content Warnings in the World of Publishing

Have there been instances where you wished you had some sort of heads-up about something in a book? Are there things that are hard no’s, where if a book contains anything relating to that subject matter, you won’t touch it? Are there things that are okay in certain situations or if you’re in the right headspace? Keeping these warnings in mind can prepare you and arm you with tools to decide whether or not you’d like to continue at a later date or pass altogether.

Filed Under: Acquisitions Tagged With: Acquisitions, conscious writing, content warnings, Trigger Warnings, triggers

How Presses in China Acquire Translated Books from Other Countries

By Xian Wang

August 18, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

How Presses in China Acquire Translated Books from Other Countries

Translating books contributes to the exchange of ideas and dialogue between cultures and nations. Presses in China publish a large amount of translated books, both in the public domain and newly acquired books. Let’s take a look at how they handle foreign rights.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Acquisitions, agents, book covers, Chinese presses, Foreign rights, publishing translated books, translation

Getting Published: The Magic of the First Page

By Sarah Moffatt

May 26, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Getting Published: The Magic of the First Page

According to Michael Shymanski, one of Ooligan’s Acquisitions Managers, think of your first page as the reader’s initial impression, much like “meeting your friend’s spouse for the first time.” First impressions can be insignificant, even disastrous, or they can be absolute magic. If the magic is there, an editor will know it immediately.

Filed Under: Acquisitions, Editing Tagged With: acceptance, Acquisitions, author, book, editorial, excitement, impactful, magic, manuscript, novel, originality, published, publishing, readership, Reading, rejection, submission, voice, writing

Community Outreach to Find Hidden Gems

By Jennifer Ladwig and Michael Shymanski

January 25, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Community Outreach to Find Hidden Gems

Ooligan Press receives many unsolicited submissions through our Submittable from authors all over the world looking to get their books published. Despite the traffic our Submittable receives, there are times where the works we have received do not provide the press with the manuscripts we need. This is where community outreach comes into play.

Filed Under: Acquisitions Tagged With: Acquisitions, Authors, books, community, community outreach, pitch, pitching, publishing, submissions

Competitive versus Comparative Titles

By Jennifer Ladwig

November 11, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Competitive versus Comparative Titles

One of the perhaps forgotten challenges to writing and publishing books is explaining to others what it’s about. In the publishing world, this struggle is combated with what we know as “comp titles,” which Penguin Random House defines as “an elevator pitch for your book.”

Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: Acquisitions, Authors, book, books, comp titles, comparative titles, competitive titles, Marketing, publishing, sales, writing

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