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Paper or Plastic

By Katy Roberts

November 13, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Paper or Plastic

Books – so innocuous and lovely, such a comforting heft in your hands as you turn the pages. They are not SUVs. Who would suspect them of contributing to the poisoning of our environment? A nifty gadget like a kindle may seem more suspect. But there are a wealth of factors to tease apart. The […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Book Industry Study Group, e-reader, e-waste, environmentalism, Green Press Initiative, iPad, New York Times, ooligan press, publishing

iCook: The Digital Age of Cookbooks

By Sabrina Parys

November 7, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

iCook: The Digital Age of Cookbooks

On a chilly Thursday night in October, a group of fabulous people met at the Historic Old Church in Southwest Portland to discuss food writing in the publishing world. Transmit Culture, a series of discussions centered on the various elements of publishing, gives Ooligan Press and writing students alike the opportunity to engage in an […]

Filed Under: Ooligan at large Tagged With: Breanna Goodrow, Cookbook Cafe, cookbooks, eBooks, ereaders, Greg Mowery, iPad, Marnie Hanel, photography, The New York Times, Timber Press, Transmit Culture, Vanity Fair

The Battle for a Digital Pricing Model that Works Part 3: The Dark Side of the Force & A New Hope

By Ooligan Press

July 8, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

By Rebekah Hunt The book industry has been slower to evolve than other industries. The big retail chains, who had undercut the already wobbly industry’s prices on paperback books back in the 1980s, are now seeing the same thing done to them by the burgeoning digital market and Amazon.com. Advancements in e-reader technology such as the […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: amazon, Death Star, ebook, electronicbook-readers.com, Google+, Harry Potter, HTML, iPad, J.K. Rowling, Kindle iPad, Napster, Netflix, penguin, Return of the Jedi

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