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Small Presses

Odsburg: A Community Collaboration

By Marina Garcia

October 2, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Odsburg: A Community Collaboration

From the beginning, the goal for Odsburg was to make this book unique, successful, and as beautifully odd as the story it contained. We all had similar ideas about where this book should end up; getting there, however, was an entirely different matter.

Filed Under: Publishing, Start to Finish Tagged With: Collaboration, communication, Design, Editing, group work, Marketing, Odsburg, publishing collaboration, Small Presses, Teamwork

The Indie Presses of Portland

By Dani Nicholson @danielluhh72

September 18, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Indie Presses of Portland

In Portland, there’s an independent press for every sort of project you can imagine. More importantly, each press has a unique mission statement that will help you, the writer, find the best match for your personal and creative goals. Let this guide to local indie publishing houses help you decide where to submit your next piece.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Burnside Review, creativity, Forest Avenue Press, Future Tense Books, independent presses, independent publishers, indie presses, Indie Publishers, inspired, Microcosm Publishing, Oregon, Overcup Press, Pacific Northwest, pdx, Perfect Day Publishing, Portland, Portland presses, publishing, Small Presses, Tin House Books, writing

10 Dos & Don’ts of Entrepreneurial Publishing

By Kristin Choruby

July 22, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

10 Dos & Don’ts of Entrepreneurial Publishing

Savvy business practices are crucial to the success of an independent publisher. An estimated half of all entrepreneurial enterprises in the United States fail within the first five years, and only a third last ten years. If these statistics sound intimidating, fear not—here is a handy list of the ten best business practices in small-press […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: author contracts, backlist, best business practices, Copper Canyon Press, distributors, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, Forest Avenue Press, how-to, indie presses, Marketing, niche publishing, ooligan press, professionalism, publishing, Small Presses, startups, wholesalers

Short Stories and Small Presses

By Kristin Choruby

December 11, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Short Stories and Small Presses

Short stories have long been considered something of a necessary evil in the world of publishing. It is a truism that “short stories don’t sell,” and the major publishing houses are usually reluctant to take on any anthology that doesn’t feature at least one superstar author. A small-scale press, on the other hand, can be […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: anthologies, Carter Sickels, Graywolf Press, Indie Publishing, literary journals, Memories Flow In Our Veins, ooligan press, publishing, Pushcart Prize, Short Stories, Small Presses, Untangling the Knot

Small Presses and Local Niches

By Kristin Choruby

July 17, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Small Presses and Local Niches

In the world of publishing, the big houses have a reputation of attracting as large and general a readership as possible. Large publishers often exclude books that are primarily of local interest, books that recount some quirk of local history or the current trends in the region. Some writers have resorted to the difficult and […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: American Southwest, Brew to Bikes, Indie Publishers, Local, Mockingbird Books, New Mexico, Niche Publishers, Nonprofit Publishers, ooligan press, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Portland, publishing, Santa Fe, Small Presses, Texas, Texas Hill Country, The Palace Print Shop and Bindery, The Press of the Palace of the Governors

Graduate Book Publishing Programs in the United States

By Emily Goldman

June 24, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Graduate Book Publishing Programs in the United States

Almost two years ago when I called my parents to let them know I had applied to Portland State University’s Book Publishing program, their first question was, “Graduate degrees in book publishing exist? Is that really the best way to break into the publishing industry?” This is a very good question. After all, advanced degrees […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: graduate programs, New York University, portland state university, publishing, Small Presses

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