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Awards, Awards, Awards

By Mary Williams

December 14, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Awards, Awards, Awards

It’s chaos. Utter chaos.

Filed Under: Manager Monday, Publishing Tagged With: Authors, awards, Book awards, book publishing, Covid, new, nominating, Online, prizes

Why the Publishing Industry is Thriving (Not Dying)

By Kristen Ludwigsen @kludlitup

October 3, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Why the Publishing Industry is Thriving (Not Dying)

When I told friends and family that I would be pursuing a graduate degree in book publishing, I was met with varied reactions. Some people thought it sounded wonderful—the perfect niche degree for a bookworm like myself. Many others were surprised and pessimistic: “Isn’t that a dying industry?” I admit it made me question my choice at times. Was I really about to go thousands of dollars into debt to hopefully get a career in an industry that would soon cease to exist?

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Authors, awards, benefits, big five, copyediting, indie press, learning experience, manuscripts, notes on publishing, patience, pdx, PNW, Portland, publishing, Reviews, small press, time

The Generosity of Time: Editing at Small Presses

By Kristen Ludwigsen @kludlitup

June 13, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Generosity of Time: Editing at Small Presses

At Ooligan, we only publish three books a year. Every manuscript we acquire is treated with extra special love and care, and receives developmental edits, line edits, and several rounds of copyedits.

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: Authors, awards, benefits, big five, big-time publishing, copyediting, Editing, editors on editing, graywolf, learning experience, manuscripts, musical-chairs, patience, pdx, PNW, Portland, proposals, publishing, Reviews, small press, time, what editors do

The Taste of Victory

By Dan Meyers word_worm

April 18, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Taste of Victory

The award season has ended, everybody! We’ve got the Oscars and the Grammys, and let’s not forget our local award celebration, the Literary Arts Oregon Book Awards. As we all know, what’s a good trophy season without some juicy scandal or an incitement for institutionalized social change? The recent Oscars itself received a barrage of […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: awards, book, fellowship, Grammys, Independent Publishing, Literary Arts, ooligan press, Oregon, Oscars, PSU

How Important Are Awards, Anyway?

By Roberta Kelley

September 9, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

How Important Are Awards, Anyway?

Awards can be a great way to score some positive publicity for a book. If your marketing materials include awards, the book becomes not just a book, but a book with merit. This is not to say books without awards are meritless—there are just too many great books out there. Many factors dictate award eligibility, […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: awards, book sales, bookselling, literary awards

Forgive Me Nominated for the Lambda Literary Awards

By Megan Doyle

May 29, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Forgive Me Nominated for the Lambda Literary Awards

Ooligan Press is pleased to announce that Oregon native Karelia Stetz-Waters has been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for her young adult novel Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before, published October 2014. Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before is nominated in the LGBT Children’s/Young Adult category. The book tells the […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: award nomination, awards, books, Forgive Me, Forgive Me If I've Told You This Before, Karelia Stetz-Waters, Lambda Literary, Lambda Literary Awards, Lammys, LGBT, literary award, ooligan press, Reading, YA lit, young adult literature

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