So what’s the big deal about bringing an ebook to print? Ooligan Press has been working on learning the answer to that through its partnership with Multnomah County Library (MCL). Every year, MCL’s Library Writers Project (LWP) is open to local Oregon authors for submission of their self-published works, and the top entries are chosen by librarians and acquired for the MCL collection as ebooks.
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Start to Finish: Iditarod Nights
By Dani Nicholson @danielluhh72
The process of publishing Ooligan’s second title from the Multnomah County Library Writers Project continues! IDITAROD NIGHTS by Cindy Hiday will launch in April 2020, and we can’t wait for you to read it. This action-packed romance takes place in Alaska and follows a budding relationship between Claire Stanfield and Dillon Cord, two mushers racing on the Iditarod Trail.
Racing Forward with Iditarod Nights
By Emily Frantz @Youngestelf
With The Gifts We Keep by Katie Grindeland launched into the world and doing well, my team at Ooligan Press is racing forward with the next book to be published as part of our partnership with Multnomah County Library: Iditarod Nights by Cindy Hiday! This is the second of the Library Writers Project selections to be annually published through the unique partnership between Multnomah County Library and Ooligan Press, and we are excited to be taking this new manuscript through the publication process.
Preparing a Party for The Gifts We Keep
By Emily Frantz @Youngestelf
Now is a hectic but really rewarding time for our team, because so many of our efforts for the past months are finally coming to fruition and we are now able to hold our reward in our hands: a beautiful copy of The Gifts We Keep. As part of this, we hosted a launch party to celebrate our author Katie Grindeland, her wonderful book, the new partnership between Ooligan Press and the Multnomah County Library, and to see many of you holding a copy of the book in your hands.
Presenting The Gifts We Keep
By Emily Frantz @Youngestelf
Since 2015, from mid-October to mid-December each year, Multnomah County Library accepts submissions from local authors who would like to see their work added to the library’s e-book collection. Now, through this partnership, selections from the Library Writers Project will be traditionally published by Ooligan press—joining the forces of local authors, a local library, and a local publisher to help our literary community as a whole flourish into the future.
Instant Entertainment: Ebooks at the Library
By Bryn Kristi @bryncessk
So now you really can download the app, get a library card and borrow dozens of ebooks all without ever leaving your home.