Ooligan Press does things a little differently. A debut author being published at a major publishing house might look something like this: a managing editor gives extensive feedback and queries throughout the developmental and line-level editorial stages in order to guide the author’s work in a specific direction, shaping the text with a very specific […]
Kait Heacock
Trends in Cover Design: Actually, That Is How You Can Judge a Book
By Sophie Aschwanden
Young adult publishers certainly do like to put disembodied body parts on their covers, don’t they? They also like that hazy Instagram look and showing the protagonist with his or her back to the reader. And they really like a hand-drawn font. It’s getting to the point where it’s almost as hard to find a […]
A Face to a Name
By Corinne GouldIn a gratifying collaboration between Kait Heacock, Ooligan’s editorial lead, and the members of our project group, we have finalized the copyediting for this title! We didn’t waste any time sending this shiny, clean manuscript off to reviewers and authors we admire for early blurb requests. In our classes, we often discuss how much blurbs […]
What’s in a Name?
By Corinne GouldIn the weeks since our last update, we have made great progress in the earliest stages of book production. We have selected a publication date for this special collection: October 11, 2016. Our budget has been established, and our tipsheet is coming together with a finalized author bio, the book description, a few highlighted selling […]
Introducing Kait Heacock and Ooligan’s Newest Project!
By Corinne GouldWe are thrilled to introduce our newest project, authored by Ooligan alum Kait Heacock! Staffed entirely of seasoned Ooligan students, our group brings a diversity of skills and interests with a common passion for Heacock’s feminism and wit. With inspiration drawn from the loss of her brother, our author writes in gritty, accessible prose that […]
Reading Dangerously
By Corinne Gould
I first discovered the phrase “reading dangerously” one year ago while browsing the stacks at Powell’s Bookstore. Andy Miller’s The Year of Reading Dangerously caught my eye, and as I leafed through the pages, I gathered that I was holding a memoir of sorts. The story chronicles Miller’s consumption of fifty lofty titles, like Middlemarch […]