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How to Build Community with Other Editors

By Olivia Rollins

July 27, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

How to Build Community with Other Editors

Although editors are a notoriously introverted bunch, we all stand to benefit from a little social connection. What happens when you run into a truly perplexing problem—be it a difficult client or a questionable comma—and you need to turn to other editors for advice? Where can editors go to receive mentoring and swap war stories? This post outlines some of the ways in which editors can connect with each other—virtually as well as in person—in order to grow as professionals and build a sense of community.

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Five Important Lessons We Learned from Freelancing

By Adrian Burke & Jenny Kimura

July 18, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Five Important Lessons We Learned from Freelancing

Do you like making your own schedule and choosing your own projects? Are you someone who doesn’t mind being home all day and is probably also a night owl? Chances are you’ve thought about being a freelancer, perhaps for design, editing, or marketing. The publishing world, like many other industries, is increasingly relying on outsourcing […]

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: book design, book publishing, challenges, Design, ebook design, Editing, freelance, freelance design, freelance editing, graphic design, lessons, Networking, Oregon, Portland, publishing, remote freelancing, Social Media, tips, tricks, upwork

Branding for Authors: Is It Authentic?

By Sadie Verville @sadieverville

July 17, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Branding for Authors: Is It Authentic?

Authors are, in a sense, a business unto themselves. In a digital age when personal presence is what sells the book on social media, it is critical for authors to have a consistently branded page or account for users to follow and engage with. But this consistency, this need to post only certain tweets or pictures, might be considered the epitome of the “social media as a false reality” argument. Does having a consistent brand make someone inauthentic online?

Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: authenticity, blogging, branding, freelance, ghostwriting, Marketing, Oregon, Portland, publicity, Social Media, twitter

Ghost Tweeting Best Practices

By Sadie Verville @sadieverville

March 18, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Ghost Tweeting Best Practices

We all know the success of a book depends largely on its social media presence. There isn’t a debate. That’s how it is now. As society and cultures evolve and morph, so do the marketing methods. The younger generations raised in these new marketing methods learn them like they learn language. It’s second nature to craft a tweet, edit, post aesthetically-pleasing pictures, and know when they’re posting too much or too little. But older generations haven’t had the luxury of growing up in this world. It really is as difficult as learning a completely new language—and not everyone has the ability to take the time to learn it.

Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: Authors, best practices, Editing, freelance, freelancers, ghost tweeting, Marketing, Social Media, tweets, twitter, voice, writing

Editing Outside the Lines

By Ari Mathae @KMathae

October 24, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Editing Outside the Lines

Ultimately, each kind of editing can mean different things to different editors. But even when you have the lines between the various types of editing more clearly defined, certain styles of editing can bleed over between types and others cannot. It all depends on timing and the needs of the manuscript or publishing house.

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: copyediting, developmental editing, Editing, freelance, line editing, proofreading

Is freelance editorial work right for you?

By Thomas Spoelhof @thomasspoelhof

May 23, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Is freelance editorial work right for you?

As the publishing industry evolves, media and publishing independents have witnessed the dissolution of the full-time copy editor. Among magazine, news media, and book publishing entities, an in-house copy chief is often considered a luxury of days gone by. The expense of the full-time position is often too difficult to justify, and the responsibility of clean copy can fall on in-house production teams.

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: advice, author, book, Collaboration, content edit, copy edit, copyediting, developmental edit, Editing, editor, Editorial Freelancers Association, feedback, freelance, house style, journalism, line edit, novel, publishing, Style Guide, substantive edit, writing

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