Make the effort to form relationships with people you can trust who will challenge you. The gain is well worth the effort.
Relationships
How Are the Most Beautiful Books in the World Created?
By Maki Takase @mtakase
Beep-beep-beep, tap-tap, tap-tap—the typing and printing sounds echo in a small office that looks like a paper cave. A man in a medical-doctor-like white robe devotes himself to his work. He moves to a room equipped with a large industrial printing machine and checks paper came from it. Then he crams a pile of book samples in a suitcase and leaves the office for a trip to New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and Qatar to meet his clients.
Till Death Do Us Part
By Jordana Beh
I got married one week before I started Ooligan’s graduate program. Needless to say, the reveling in my bridal bliss was cut short when I started to juggle work and school and a new—gasp!—husband. A couple weeks ago we celebrated our first six months, and I realized that I have made these past six months […]
Making It Personal: Ooligan Press and Our Authors
By Ryan Kauffman
In my time working at Ooligan Press, I have quickly learned that publishing is, first and foremost, a business. For all of the high-minded idealism that so many folks bring to books (whether reading, writing, or publishing them), it’s still a reality that you have to sell books to keep publishing them. There’s something else […]
If They’re Broke, Please Fix Them
By Camille Watts
Before you read any further, I have a confession to make: I’m not a very good feminist. I have been known to stay in the car until my boyfriend comes around and opens the door for me. The kitchen is my domain. Cleaning is a source of pleasure for me. You would think that would […]