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How To Stay Sane in the Publishing Industry

By Mary Williams @EditsbyMWilliams

April 5, 2021 by OoliganPress

How To Stay Sane in the Publishing Industry

It’s easy to let work and education overwhelm you, especially in this time of isolation we find ourselves in. There are so many things to do in the press, in classes, and in our own lives that we can lose the time we need to, well, take time. It can feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day, or minutes in the hours we get, to just take time for ourselves—but there are when you add boundaries.

Filed Under: Manager Monday, Publishing Tagged With: assistant, books, boundaries, compartmentalize, freelancing, friends, graduate school, healthy, isolation, mental health, prioritizing, publisher, publishing, relaxing, sanity, self-care, socializing, student, Support

Finding Joy in Freelance Copyediting

By Shalyn Schipper

September 30, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Finding Joy in Freelance Copyediting

While most of the difficulties of freelance copyediting can’t be avoided, some of the stress they cause can be offset by making freelance work a joyful pursuit. Allow me to share what my part-time freelance copyediting experience over the past four years has taught me.

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: copyediting, freelancing, Networking, professionalism

Kento Ikeda: Interviewing Ooligan’s Resident Indexer

By Terence Brierly @TDonovanWrites

July 30, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Kento Ikeda: Interviewing Ooligan’s Resident Indexer

Ooligan Press considers every position a learning opportunity, and rarely contracts freelancers. Indexing might have necessitated that rare outsider if weren’t for Kento Ikeda, resident indexer, ebook designer, and rising star of our digital department. As he finished the index for our hiking book 50 Hikes in the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests, I conducted a short survey with Kento to get his take on the duties that fell to him, and how he regards his work in the scope of Ooligan Press.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: 50 Hikes, ebook, freelancer, freelancing, Gathering Moss, indexer, indexing, interview, Mary Elizabeth Braun, Ooligan

Using Your < span > Tags for Good

By Emily Einolander @emilyeino

June 5, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Using Your < span > Tags for Good

Some of us are wired for less glamorous positions, but that shouldn’t be a reason to give up on the goal of being a force for good in the world of publishing. Many who specialize in digital publishing are used to focusing on solving technical problems and minutiae. However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t bigger issues at play.

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: conscious publishing, digital, digital publishing, eBooks, freelancing, gun for hire, Manager Monday, social responsibility

Tracking Time for Freelancers

By M.F. Corwin

August 13, 2014 by Ooligan Staff Leave a Comment

Tracking Time for Freelancers

As students of publishing, everyone who works at Ooligan is very busy. There are papers to write, portfolios to put together, sales kits to assemble, ebooks to craft, as well as the day-to-day operations of a trade publisher. On top of all that, many of us also have day jobs, which means our days are […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Business, career planning, freelancing, professional development, RescueTime, self employment, time management, time tracking

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