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Ooligan Is Paying It Forward

By Ivory Fields @unicorn_bae

February 7, 2022 by OoliganPress

Ooligan Is Paying It Forward

Publishing companies started calling for submissions from marginalized authors during the summer protests in 2020 but have done little to actually address the inequities that marginalized authors face. As a teaching press, Ooligan understands how inaccessible even the most basic publishing information is.

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: BIPOC, community, equity, inclusion, IPRC, knowledge, manuscript, power, proposals, Query letter, submissions, teaching, Willamette Writers, workshop, YWCA

Artists’ Books

By Olenka Burgess

May 13, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Artists’ Books

Amid discussions over the future of the printed book and the inevitable transition to digital reading, there runs a current of publishing that centers around the idea of the book as an artistic medium. Artists’ books can be difficult to define: they may be produced as a unique object or as an edition of many; […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: 23 Sandy, Artist’s Books, Book Arts, Brian Dettmer, Codex, Design, Em Space, Eva Valicsek, Flying Fish Press, Guy Laramee, IPRC, Mastersounds, Pulp and Deckle, Special Editions

Write to Publish looks at the IPRC

By Melanie Figueroa

April 28, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Write to Publish looks at the IPRC

The search is still on for the perfect event space for Write to Publish 2015. Brandon and I have visited several locations—rain and all. Last week, I visited the Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC), located across the Willamette River in Southeast Portland. Tiffany Shelton, a newly appointed member of the Write to Publish team, came […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: conference, IPRC, letterpress, Marketing, trailer, venue, video, Write to Publish

Interning with Sparkplug Comic Books, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Tumblr

By Sarah Currin

December 4, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Interning with Sparkplug Comic Books, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Tumblr

I knew when I decided to work towards a career in publishing that I would be satisfied with that track. Publishing, after all, would utilize my creativity and language skills, not to mention provide me with a sense of personal satisfaction. However, when I realized that I could choose to work towards a career in […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: comics, Dark Horse Comics, Design Week Portland, Facebook, internships, IPRC, Networking, Oni Press, Portland, publishing, Social Media, Sparkplug Comic Books, Sparkplug Comics, Top Shelf Productions, tumblr, twitter

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