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Books and COVID-19

By Sydnee Chesley

August 10, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Books and COVID-19

There have been a lot of changes to consumers’ buying habits since COVID-19 hit the United States in March. It’s too soon to tell how things will pan out in the long run for our buying and selling habits, but it is clear that things will probably never be the same as before the pandemic hit. Here’s an overview of how the publishing industry has transformed over the last few months.

Filed Under: Manager Monday, Marketing Tagged With: book buying, book industry, book selling, bookshop, buying habits, consumer behavior, coronavirus, covid-19, pandemic, trends

The Trouble with Titles

By Sabrina Parys

October 29, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Trouble with Titles

If you’re anything like me, chances are that you’ve spent an agonizing amount of time trying to come up with the perfect title for something. Whatever it is you’re trying to name, the search ends up being one of the most unexpectedly cumbersome and mentally exhaustive aspects of the creative process. Here at Ooligan, my […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan, Publishing Tagged With: book selling, Marketing, publishers, title, Titles, writers

Authors Lend a Helping Hand

By Roberta Kelley

October 22, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Authors Lend a Helping Hand

It is common knowledge that independent bookstores have been struggling to stay in business. Studies have shown that fewer and fewer people are actually finding books in bookstores. With the rise of e-books and bookselling websites, readers are finding it more convenient to order books from the comfort of their own homes than to browse […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: amazon, Authors, book selling, bookstores, Business, e-books, Independent Bookstores, Indies First, James Patterson, Neil Gaiman, promotion, Richard Russo, sherman alexie, Small Business Saturday, Stephen King

An Internship at Late Night Library

By Paige O’Rourke

October 15, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

An Internship at Late Night Library

Late Night Library. I immediately liked something about the name. Perhaps it was the notion of a library—evoking a sense of community, egalitarianism, a quiet coziness—that first grabbed my attention. Or maybe it was something about this concept combined with the term “late night”—the continuation of the literary quest while all the rest of the […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: book selling, Dog-Eared and Dispatched, Editing, Fiction Writers Review, Freshman Reading List, internships, late night library, Marketing, New York City, ooligan press, podcast, poets, Portland, publishing, Read This Book, the Late Night Interview, The Rookie Report, Tin House, writers

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