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Ooligan Career Seminar A Smashing Success

By Ariana Marquis

April 18, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Ooligan Career Seminar A Smashing Success

On April 11th and 12th current Ooligan students were treated to the first ever Ooligan Career Seminar and Alumni Gathering. On Friday night, the press rented out the Jack London Bar in Southwest Portland for some Ooligan-exclusive schmoozing and merrymaking. On Saturday morning we reconvened for a day of informative panels featuring Ooligan graduates who’ve […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: alumni, beyond ooligan, careers, Marketing, Publishing industry

Can Transmedia be Used in Small Presses?

By Roberta Kelley

March 24, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Can Transmedia be Used in Small Presses?

When most people think of transmedia, the first things to come to mind are the massive transmedia campaigns of major franchises like Star Wars and Star Trek. These campaigns are great examples of the ways that transmedia can enhance the popularity of a story or series and involve their very loyal fanbases. From action figures […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: blogging, Marketing, promotions, small press, Social Media, transmedia

Celebrating William Stafford

By Melissa Gifford

February 3, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

From the time of its inception about a year and a half ago, before we even had a title to accompany the project, We Belong in History was slated for release in January 2014, the centennial of the celebrated former Oregon Poet Laureate William Stafford’s birth. The project is the result of a 2012 entreaty […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: Broadway Books, Friends of William Stafford, In Other Words, Marketing, Paulann Petersen, We Belong in History, William Stafford

Making It Personal: Ooligan Press and Our Authors

By Ryan Kauffman

January 15, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Making It Personal: Ooligan Press and Our Authors

In my time working at Ooligan Press, I have quickly learned that publishing is, first and foremost, a business. For all of the high-minded idealism that so many folks bring to books (whether reading, writing, or publishing them), it’s still a reality that you have to sell books to keep publishing them. There’s something else […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: Karelia Stetz-Waters, Marketing, Relationships

How Do We Fix Poetry Readings?

By Tina Morgan

November 29, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Last Sunday, I went to a poetry reading. It was a joint reading by two indie publishing collectives, the New York indie press great weather for MEDIA and a local publisher, Printed Matter Vancouver. It was a nice evening: Christopher Luna read a standout poem about the Black Dahlia and the Surrealists, Gina Williams enlisted […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Black Dahlia, gimmicks, great weather for MEDIA, humor, LitHop, Marketing, poetry, Printed Matter, Reading, tips

Event Planning Time

By Kate Marshall

November 24, 2013 by Ooligan Staff Leave a Comment

We received notice this week that Ruth’s novel Blue Thread has been reviewed in the most recent issue of Lilith, a Jewish feminist magazine, just in time for Hanukkah this year. It is especially gratifying to see reviews are still coming in after publication, particularly since the Ninth Day team has spent a significant amount […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: Blue Thread series, book launch, books, feminist magazine, fiction, Hanukkah, Lilith, Marketing, Ooligan, Powell's, readings, Reviews, Ruth Tenzer Feldman, The Ninth Day, YA

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