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Fifty Shades of Grey

I Believe in a Thing Called Love

By Brianne Robinson ladybriski

November 28, 2016 by Digital Content 2 Comments

I Believe in a Thing Called Love

I don’t think there is any genre that gets more insults than the romance genre. I, myself, used to mock and refuse to read anything that could be considered a “bodice ripper.” I only read more literary and sophisticated works, of course. Then, one day, I was stranded at my mother’s house with nothing to […]

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When Your Friends Ask You How Books Work

By J. Whitney Edmunds

August 3, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

When Your Friends Ask You How Books Work

Uncertain what to discuss in this blog post, I decided to engage in a little crowdsourcing—hoping my friends might be able to come up with a new and interesting idea for me. However, when I asked them what they wanted to know about book publishing, I was surprised by the variety of their questions. Instead […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Acquisitions, book publishing, co-op, cover art, Fifty Shades of Grey, Kent Watson, Ooligan, ooligan press, paid placement, publishing, young adult cover art

Smut & Saleability: A Penetrating Look at eBooks and Self-Published Erotica

By MacKenzie Turner

December 23, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Smut & Saleability: A Penetrating Look at eBooks and Self-Published Erotica

Erotica has always occupied a weird space in the publishing industry. Clearly, there is ample demand for books about “doing it”—the commercial success of the inescapable Fifty Shades trilogy has proved beyond a doubt the old adage that “sex sells.” But when it comes to the supply end of the spectrum, several factors can make […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Ellora's Cave, erotica, Fifty Shades of Grey, Marketing, self-publish, Virginia Wade, Xcite Books

Summer Reading List Part Three: Books You Should Not Be Reading This Summer

By Rebekah Hunt

August 22, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

In view of the spectacular success of my first two summer reading list blogs (we’re talking Facebook likes in the upper threes, people), I feel I would be remiss in not cramming one more in before the back to school sales end and the leaves start to change. You people seem to love when I […]

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Speaking in Genrealities

By Ooligan Press

February 28, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

By Drew Lazzara At least as long as I’ve been paying attention to these sorts of things (so probably much, much longer), there has been an ongoing critical dialogue about the blurring distinctions between literary and genre fiction. You should absolutely read and listen to an excellent sampling of the discussion from the likes of […]

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