Happy July, everyone! The beginning of summer term marked Kate’s first week as the incoming project manager for The Ninth Day. I look forward to showing her more about the process of overseeing this book’s production and gaining a more integrated partnership with her as my fellow manager. She has been very enthusiastic in her […]
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The Agency Model
By Ooligan Pressby Drew Lazzara For the last several years, Mike Shatzkin, CEO of Idea Logical Company and one of the most intelligent, prolific thinkers on the future of publishing, has collected his thoughts on the state of our industry in his excellent blog, “The Shatzkin Files.” He has been a valuable resource for the staff here […]
Self-Publishing Together
By Ooligan PressBy Drew Lazzara The thing that surprises me most about the evolution of the publishing industry is a gut feeling I have that lots of people really don’t like the publishing industry. That surprises me because, at its absolute worst, publishing seems so benign. Most of the time, publishers just make books, and for that […]
The Rush
By Kelsey YocumOver spring break, our intrepid Editing team pulled off a giant task for us: they copyedited The NinthDay in about half the time we usually take. The reason for the rush is our shortened production schedule—we need a finished manuscript to hand off to an interior designer so that we can print galleys and send […]
Speaking in Genrealities
By Ooligan PressBy Drew Lazzara At least as long as I’ve been paying attention to these sorts of things (so probably much, much longer), there has been an ongoing critical dialogue about the blurring distinctions between literary and genre fiction. You should absolutely read and listen to an excellent sampling of the discussion from the likes of […]
Willa Schneberg Guest Poet Post: “From the Enchanted Tower to Publishing’s Rutted Road”
By Ooligan PressEvery Thursday, Ooligan Press invites a poet whose work is included in Alive at the Center, our forthcoming anthology of poetry from Pacific Northwest writers, to blog for us. This week, we are pleased to feature Willa Schneberg, a poet from Portland, OR. Please enjoy her post! From the Enchanted Tower to Publishing’s Rutted Road Almost […]