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FROM KNOWLEDGE TO POWER Update

By Callie Brown

January 11, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

FROM KNOWLEDGE TO POWER Update

Over the past few months, FROM KNOWLEDGE TO POWER has undergone major transformations. Not only was the text itself finished, but it has also now gone through a few rounds of developmental editing and copyediting.

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: climate change, climate science, Editing, nonfiction, publishing, renewable energy

Proposals: The Difference Between Fiction and Nonfiction

By Kimberley Scofield

April 27, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Proposals: The Difference Between Fiction and Nonfiction

Writing book proposals can seem intimidating. Writing the book was hard enough, and now you have to get other people to like it too. The number of resources for writing query letters is infinite, with published authors, agents, and publishers all weighing in on what makes a good query letter. But what about the next step—the proposal package?

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: Acquisitions, agents, book proposals, fiction, nonfiction, pitches, proposal, publishing, query, Query letter, Titles

A Lucky and Successful Launch for ELEPHANT SPEAK

By Julie Collins @JulieCollins321

April 13, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

A Lucky and Successful Launch for ELEPHANT SPEAK

This project has taught me what the greatest powers of small presses are: focused attention on a few projects (instead of hundreds each year), strong author relationships, and intimate knowledge of a book’s story and content.

Filed Under: Manager Monday, Start to Finish Tagged With: author tour, author visits, biography, book tour, bookstores, elephant keeper, Elephant Speak, elephants, Launch Event, launch week, New Release, nonfiction, ooligan press, Oregon history, Oregon Zoo, pnw history, Powells, Powell’s Books, roundabout books, sunriver books

Indecision at Ooligan

By Tiffany Watson

October 14, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Indecision at Ooligan

In publishing, we have the privilege to breathe life into a book many times over through editing, design, and marketing. We get to guide a manuscript through many transformations and make many choices that affect its future. We decide how the edits will shape the story, how the design will frame it, and how the readers will see it in stores. At the end of all this, a book exists in the world that might not have otherwise.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: acceptance, acquisition, choice, choose, decision, future of Ooligan, indecision, nonfiction, OPD, project development, rejection, responsibility

Listen and Learn: How Audiobooks Helped Me Get through College

By Sydnee Chesley

June 19, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Listen and Learn: How Audiobooks Helped Me Get through College

I’ve known for a long time that I learn best through listening and through verbally discussing a topic. My favorite classes have always been the ones where the professor was a great orator, because it meant I could just sit back and absorb what they were lecturing on. All I ever needed to do was jot down some key words or phrases in my notes, and when I studied later the entire lesson would come flooding back. People thought I was crazy, but it worked for me.

Filed Under: Digital Tagged With: audiobooks, auditory learning, college, digital, listening, nonfiction, Reading, school, technology

Nonfiction Publicity vs. Fiction Publicity

By Sydney Kiest @SydneyKiest

May 6, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Nonfiction Publicity vs. Fiction Publicity

Nonfiction sales have been on the rise as of late. As book publicists, we must embrace current market trends and learn how to use them to our advantage.

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: Book Promotion, book publicity, fiction, Marketing, news, nonfiction, pitching, podcasts, PR, public relations, publicity, Widmer Way

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