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Crowdfunding: How Community Backing Is Making a Splash in Publishing

By Jenna Whitney

July 19, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Crowdfunding: How Community Backing Is Making a Splash in Publishing

Crowdfunding poses an interesting dynamic. Instead of letting the traditional gatekeepers of large publishing houses decide what gets published, why not let the people decide what they want to read? As crowdfunding gains more traction in publishing, it makes way for more creativity, diversity, and risk-taking in the books we publish.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: crowdfunding, Indiegogo, Kickstarter, publaunch, Rebel Girls, unbound

Doing It Differently: The Pros & Pitfalls of Operating a Nonprofit

By Tyler Mathieson

April 3, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Doing It Differently: The Pros & Pitfalls of Operating a Nonprofit

Last term, I found myself sitting in the boardroom of the PSU Foundation and discussing how to get a crowdfunding campaign up and running for one of our upcoming titles. After getting through all the technical mumbo jumbo, I inquired about the part of the campaign when donors receive gifts, and therein lay a problem. […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: crowdfunding, Indiegogo, Kickstarter, nonprofit, ooligan press, portland state university, PSU Foundation

The Beginning of Fall.

By Margaret Schimming

September 28, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Beginning of Fall.

Hello all, We are starting a new term and, with that in mind, I have plans to accomplish many things over the next ten weeks. The Indiegogo project will begin to take more shape as we work on developing the pitch video for the site. The development of the web application will be underway now […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: Indiegogo, jazz, Know Your City, Marketing, Mastersounds, publishing

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