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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

What’s Your Bookshelf Worth?

By Ruth Robertson

January 29, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

What’s Your Bookshelf Worth?

I have a confession: I hoard books. I know the problem is bad because my cat keeps knocking over the teetering “to read” pile on my nightstand. Over the years, I’ve gotten some books I think are pretty cool, and I became curious about how much my collection was actually worth. Through a chat with the friendly folks in the Rare Book Room at Powell’s, I got a better idea of what collectors look for and what gives used books value. When I got home, I grabbed my copy of CHOKE by Chuck Palahniuk and put my lessons to the test.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: antique books, books, first edition, inscribed books, Ooligan, Powell’s Books, Rare Books, signed books, used book value

Fearless Bookman

By Kristen Ludwigsen

August 30, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Fearless Bookman

I had the privilege of sitting down with John Henley, a well-known appraiser of rare books in the Pacific Northwest. He has also been an adjunct of the PSU Book Publishing Program since its inception, teaching the survey course titled The Popular Book in the United States. We talked about his job as appraiser, his Oolie aspirations, and how his love of books—inspired early on by his mother—led him to a career of buying and selling them for Powell’s and The Great Northwest Bookstore.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: appraisals, bestseller, book scouting, books, Captain Cook’s Voyages, Dr. Martin Luther King, interview, John Henley, Malcolm X, Marketing, Maya Angelou, Oolies, ooligan press, Oregon, popular, Portland, Portland State, Powell’s Books, publishing, Rare Books, Ray Bradbury, Ricochet River, trends, Willamette Bridge, Willamette Week

No-Nonsense War Stuff: Author Sean Davis Reads at Powell’s Books

By Brooke Horn

May 28, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

No-Nonsense War Stuff: Author Sean Davis Reads at Powell’s Books

I had the pleasure of listening to author, veteran, and artist Sean Davis read to a standing-room only crowd at Powell’s Books last night. Bibliophiles, friends, veterans, and fans trickled into the bookstore and settled into the Pearl room for the event. I arrived a little early so I could enjoy perusing the seemingly infinite […]

Filed Under: Ooligan at large Tagged With: event, memoir, ooligan press, Powell’s Books, Reading, Sean Davis, The Wax Bullet War

From Jackie O. to Flower Child

By Kate Marshall

November 19, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

From Jackie O. to Flower Child

On Friday, I had the pleasure of attending a reading for Ruth Tenzer Feldman’s just-released title The Ninth Day at Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing in Beaverton. The Ninth Day is Ooligan’s most recent publication and is a companion novel to the Oregon Book Award-winning novel Blue Thread. As the current project manager for […]

Filed Under: Ooligan at large Tagged With: Blue Thread, Free Speech Movement, historical fiction, Holiday Cheer Author Celebration, Ooligan at large, Oregon Book Award, oregon historical society, Powell’s Books, Ruth Tenzer Feldman, The Ninth Day, time travel, young adult

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