Greetings, dear reader, and welcome to Ooligan’s first Manager Monday blog post! Manager Monday is a brand-spankin’-new series on the Ooligan blog that will be released every other Monday, beginning around the middle of each term. It will showcase the specialized expertise and general industry wisdom of a manager from each of Ooligan’s departments: acquisitions, […]
Social Media
Event Planning for Untangling the Knot
By Theresa Tyree
Planning all of the events for the Untangling the Knot book launch and promotion was one of the most hectic and stressful things I’ve ever had to do, but also one of the most rewarding. When I wasn’t juggling email chains, trying to remember when I’d last been in touch with a venue, or reaching […]
Cover Design and Marketing
By Margaret Schimming
We started this term off running with a title vote on the first day of classes. I want to say again a huge Thank You to everyone who contributed ideas to this process. We are very happy with the new title Rhythm in the Rain and are now beginning to think about a cover to […]
Social Media Marketing Tips: Make a Book Trailer
By Geoff Wallace
What keeps a novel from getting noticed? Hint: it ain’t necessarily talent alone. In a recent post on Powellsbooksblog.com, veteran novelist Karen Karbo contrasted ideas about what keeps novels from getting noticed. To highlight these myths and truths, Karbo describes her blockades to literary success in the 1990s versus similar blockades now. To Karbo, there […]
Behind the Scenes of the UtK Social Media Initiative
By Hayley Wilson hayleyotrope
Perhaps the most exciting and daunting promotional aspect of Ooligan Press’s upcoming title Untangling the Knot is the anthology’s whopping roll call of twenty-six contributors. That’s twenty-six sets of readers and their fans to connect with, and—supposing that most of these writers participate in at least one form of social media—at least twenty-six different social […]
The Buzz Around Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before
By Stephanie Podmore
I’m happy to announce that the ebook for Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before is now available. The release began last Saturday with a promotion to celebrate National Coming Out Day. Anyone who downloads a copy and links a review on Amazon or Goodreads to our Twitter by October 31 will be entered […]