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Best Practices for Writing Blurb Requests

By Sarah Moffatt

February 21, 2022 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Best Practices for Writing Blurb Requests

What’s a blurb, you might ask? Cue the booming announcer voice: “Emotionally moving, socially poignant, and expertly crafted . . . a gem of contemporary literature.” Were you picturing the front or back of a book jacket just now? Good. That’s a blurb: the pithy quote on a book’s jacket that praises it and makes you want to pick it up.

Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: Agent, blurbs, books, jacket, literary, Marketing, novel, praise, promotion, publicity, quote, Reading, request, review, writer, writing

Writing Review Requests

By Elise Hitchings

August 7, 2019 by OoliganPress 1 Comment

Writing Review Requests

Reviews are an important part of marketing a book, but how do you get those reviews?

Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: books, contact, contacts, list, Marketing, media, publishing, requests, review, reviewers, Reviews

How Reading Lists May Have Helped OiME Sales

By Erin Bass

July 16, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

How Reading Lists May Have Helped OiME Sales

The Ocean in My Ears sold out of its first print run in less than three months since its publication date in November 2017. It’s become one of Ooligan Press’ bestselling books. While those within the publishing industry attribute their purchase to the Kirkus Star Review that The Ocean in My Ears obtained, it’s likely that most of our readers found the novel in a different way: from must-read lists.

Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: kirkus, lists, Marketing, OiME, review

Digging Through the Past to Help Define the Present

By Taylor Farris tellr94

November 14, 2016 by Digital Content Leave a Comment

Digging Through the Past to Help Define the Present

Digging through the Ooligan Press backlist, eager to see the legacy of those who’ve come before me and gone on to complete their degrees, I stumbled across Untangling the Knot: Queer Voices on Marriage, Relationships & Identity and was immediately intrigued. This collection of twenty-five essays from individuals of all genders, all sexual orientations, and […]

Filed Under: Backlist to the Future, Publishing Tagged With: Carter Sickels, fabian romero, gay marriage, LGBT, LGBTQ, Ooligan, queer, review, Untangling the Knot

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