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publisher's assistants

Into the Invisible World of the Publisher’s Assistants

By Siri Vegulla and Bayley McComb

June 29, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Into the Invisible World of the Publisher’s Assistants

The role of Publisher’s Assistants seems vague in the world of Ooligan because a lot of our work consists of managing metadata, cataloging keywords for search engine optimization (SEO), and inputting BISAC codes for all of our titles, just to name a few of the fun things. We also help other department heads, project managers, and (most importantly) the publisher with a lot of back-end tasks and fulfill certain requirements for getting books, well, published! This blog aims to uncover the mystery behind how the PAs help the rest of Ooligan.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan, Manager Monday Tagged With: archiving, bisac codes, departmental collaboration, Iditarod Nights, metadata, operations, publisher's assistants, seo keywords

Behind the Scenes with Ooligan Press at the Portland Book Festival

By Kristen Ludwigsen @kludlitup

March 25, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Behind the Scenes with Ooligan Press at the Portland Book Festival

The Portland Book Festival, formerly known as Wordstock, is Oregon’s biggest literary event of the year, featuring panels, vendors, speakers, and lots and lots of books. Every November, the day-long event attracts authors and publishers from near and far, and last fall, Ooligan Press was proud to be included yet again. The festival drew its […]

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: Abbi Jacobson, book launch, Elizabeth Acevedo, Emily Suvada, event planning, event promotion, grand ballroom, launches, Lauren Groff, Literary Arts, Manager Monday, mark building, Ooligan at large, operations, Oregon, oregon historical society, Overcup, PBF, Pomegranate, Portland, Portland Art Museum, portland book festival, Powells, publisher's assistants, the old church, Tom Hanks, Winningstad theatre, Wordstock

Manager Monday: Passing the Torch to Next Year’s Managers

By Christopher Thomas and Alex Fus alexofus

August 29, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Manager Monday: Passing the Torch to Next Year’s Managers

Publisher’s assistants are responsible for handling a wide variety of tasks. We’ve already written about our efforts to impliment Ooligan Press’s the Green Press Initiative, how we manage mailing so very many books, and what it’s like to represent our publishing house at a trade show. But as managers, it’s easy to forget about one […]

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: institutional memory, publisher's assistants, publishing, training, turnover, yearbook

Manager Monday: Publishing Just Got a Little Bit Greener (Operations)

By Christopher Thomas (@chris_the_nerd) and Alex Fus (@alexofus)

February 1, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Manager Monday: Publishing Just Got a Little Bit Greener (Operations)

Book publishing is a notoriously resource-intensive industry, so as publishers we have a responsibility to consider not only how our books impact our readers but also our environment. As the next generation of publishing professionals, we at Ooligan Press literally wrote the book on Rethinking Paper & Ink because we believe in striving for sustainability […]

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: GPI, Green Press Initiative, publisher's assistants, publishing, sustainability

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