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How the Digital Department Preps Your Novel for Becoming an Ebook

By Amanda Hines @hinesamandaj

March 7, 2022 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

How the Digital Department Preps Your Novel for Becoming an Ebook

There is a lot that I have learned since becoming the Digital Manager for Ooligan. One of the biggest things I’ve learned is that nobody really knows what goes on in my department. I’m here to illustrate what goes on between a finished print book and a finished ebook.

Filed Under: Digital Tagged With: Digital Department, ebook production, eBooks, InDesign

Three Formats, One Press

By Amanda Hines

December 1, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Three Formats, One Press

Thanks to the internet, whether you are an independent author, a publisher, a big press or a small one, you can maximize the availability of your book by using the three major formats for books: print, EPUB, and Mobi.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: digital media, digital publishing, eBooks, electronic media, epub, mobi

From Fanfiction to Publishing

By Alexandra Burns

June 9, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

From Fanfiction to Publishing

While it is true that editing is a crucial aspect of publishing, it isn’t the only aspect. The publishing industry has a place for every bibliophile out there—even fanfiction writers.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: AO3, beta-reading, books, Cassandra Clare, coding, Design, eBooks, Editing, Editors, fandom, Fanfiction, fanfiction.net, fans, Harry Potter, hobby, Job, publishers, publishing, Reading, SEO, The Mortal Instruments, writers, writing

Our Newest LWP Title: FINDING THE VEIN

By Dani Nicholson @danielluhh72

September 7, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Our Newest LWP Title: FINDING THE VEIN

The collection’s newest title, FINDING THE VEIN, is a murder mystery that takes place at Heritage Camp, a summer camp for adopted children. It follows the story of teenage camper Isaac and Detective Mikie O’Malley as they try to solve the case of a murdered camp counselor.

Filed Under: Acquisitions Announcement, Manager Monday, new acquisition, Publishing, Start to Finish Tagged With: detective, eBooks, Finding the Vein, FTV, Iditarod Nights, Jennifer Hanlon Wilde, Library Writers Project, local authors, Multnomah County Library, murder mystery, Oregon, partnership, summer camp

When We Dream About the Future: Digital Ambiguity in 2020

By Chris Leal

August 31, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

When We Dream About the Future: Digital Ambiguity in 2020

We must rethink our concepts of what is digital, what is physical, and what the grayness in between looks like.

Filed Under: Digital, Manager Monday Tagged With: content, digital, digital skills, eBooks, future, innovation, library, publishing

Writing Alt Text for Ebooks

By Megan Crayne @megancrayne

June 15, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Writing Alt Text for Ebooks

Alternative text, or alt text, is different from including a caption for an image in your book; it is a clear description of what is taking place in the image so that readers who use voice-to-text software can understand its context. Used commonly on websites, alt text can be easily built into your InDesign document for all of your images before you convert your book into an EPUB—and here is how to write it.

Filed Under: Digital, Manager Monday Tagged With: accessibility, accessible, alt text, alternative text, alttext, copywriting, disability, ebook, eBooks, epub, epublishing, epubs, images, Inclusive, inclusive publishing, inclusivity, publishing, visual disability, writing

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