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Ooligan Press to Publish FROM KNOWLEDGE TO POWER in November 2021

By Devyn Yan Radke

November 15, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Ooligan Press to Publish FROM KNOWLEDGE TO POWER in November 2021

Join us for our book launch on November 30, 2021, at 6 p.m. at the Lucky Labrador on NW Quimby. You can attend in person or stream the book launch via Zoom.

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: climate advocacy, climate change, climate science, nonfiction, publishing, renewable energy

Subtitles: When Are They Needed?

By Kaitlyn Shehee

October 8, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Subtitles: When Are They Needed?

What is a subtitle? You might recognize them as coming after a colon or appearing in smaller text after the main title of a book. You might have also noticed that they are common in nonfiction but hardly ever used in fiction at all. Why is that?

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Authors, memoirs, nonfiction, publishing, subtitles, Titles

Separating Personal Preference from Productivity in the Editing Process

By Eily McIlvain

October 6, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Separating Personal Preference from Productivity in the Editing Process

Editing involves exposing harsh truths, making tough decisions, and facilitating collaboration. So how can an editor—especially a new one—make sure that their decisions, suggestions, and occasional wing-clippings are fair? The answer lies in the ability to separate what we want a story to be (which is subjective and infinite) from what the story and author needs.

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: author relationship, Authors, best fit, changes, copyediting, Editing, fiction, flexibility, line editing, nonfiction, objectivity, professional, professionalism, proofreading, publishing, structural editing, Teamwork, writing

FROM KNOWLEDGE TO POWER Summer Update

By Devyn Yan Radke

September 13, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

FROM KNOWLEDGE TO POWER Summer Update

The November 2021 publication date for FROM KNOWLEDGE TO POWER: THE COMPREHENSIVE HANDBOOK TO CLIMATE SCIENCE AND ADVOCACY is rapidly approaching, and we are busier than ever trying to get everything planned for a successful launch. We’ve made great progress since our spring update, and we are thrilled with the pace we’ve set.

Filed Under: Manager Monday, Start to Finish Tagged With: climate advocacy, climate change, climate science, global warming, nonfiction, publishing, renewable energy

How to Prepare for Fact-Checking

By Rylee Warner

August 13, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

How to Prepare for Fact-Checking

In the book publishing industry, fact-checking should happen before the book is made available to readers. This means that from the early editorial stages, editors should be working on fact-checking, but this isn’t quite an industry standard yet. As time goes on, the need for fact-checking in editing is becoming clearer and clearer. So how do you even begin?

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: author, Editing, editor, fact, fact-checking, fiction, nonfiction, Truth

Three Reads to Help You Understand Natural Disasters

By Phoebe Whittington @PhoebeW16

August 11, 2021 by OoliganPress

Three Reads to Help You Understand Natural Disasters

Fire season is getting longer, hotter, harder, and closer to everyone’s doorstep. Those conditions are here to stay in the long term, so it’s more important than ever to become familiar with disasters, how they’re managed, and what we can do about them.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: advocacy, book rec, book recommendations, catastrophe, climate change, climate crisis, climate science, crisis, emergency management, environment, environmental justice, firefighter, forest fire, global warming, natural disaster, nonfiction, social justice, wildfire

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