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Predicting the Future: Managing Your Story within Trending Book Crazes

By Maeko Bradshaw @makosharkattack and Vi La Bianca @Vi_LaBianca

June 19, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Predicting the Future: Managing Your Story within Trending Book Crazes

Writers will often see a trend they like and try to emulate it, sure that if they capitalize on something that is currently popular or has been recently well-received, a publisher is sure to pick it up. This isn’t always the case.

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: Acquisitions, Marketing, publishing, submissions, trends

On Queries and Proposals: How To Get an Ooligan Editor to Read Your Submission

By Vi La Bianca and Maeko Bradshaw Vi_LaBianca

September 12, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

On Queries and Proposals: How To Get an Ooligan Editor to Read Your Submission

We’re two months in as the new acquisitions managers/editors, and we’ve been immersed with submissions in our inbox. Unfortunately, most of those queries haven’t fit within our submission guidelines. But every once in a while we open our email to find a query that gets us excited. We decided to sit down and share a […]

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: Acquisitions, ooligan press, queries, submissions, tips

I submitted my book proposal! When will it be published?

By Bess Pallares besspallares

August 15, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

I submitted my book proposal! When will it be published?

Photo by Flickr user amanda. In acquisitions, the most common questions we get from writers who’ve submitted proposals or manuscripts is “how long until you decide?” or “is there anything I can do to speed up the evaluation process?” We know how excited writers are to have their project out in the world, potentially being […]

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: Acquisitions, ooligan press, publication date, publishing, submissions, waiting, writing

Manager Monday: Four Bad Habits You Learned in High School English Class (Acquisitions)

By Bess Pallares besspallares

April 25, 2016 by OoliganPress 1 Comment

Manager Monday: Four Bad Habits You Learned in High School English Class (Acquisitions)

As co-manager of the Ooligan Press acquisitions department, I work on the frontline of the press, fielding new submissions from authors every day. This can be a fun and exciting job—I love the thrill of reading a great proposal and imagining we might someday publish that book—but it can also be frustrating to see writers […]

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: Acquisitions, bad habits, English class, formatting, lists, ooligan press, submissions, writing, writing tips

Ooligan Press Does #PitMad

By Bess Pallares besspallares

March 16, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Ooligan Press Does #PitMad

The Ooligan Press acquisitions department will participate in the Twitter pitch party #PitMad on Thursday, March 17. If Ooligan’s Twitter account—@ooliganpress—likes your #PitMad tweet, we have officially invited you to submit a book proposal package through our Submittable page. Please note in your cover letter that you were invited to submit through #PitMad and include […]

Filed Under: Ooligan at large Tagged With: Acquisitions, ooligan press, pitching, pitmad, Social Media, submissions, twitter

Manager Monday: That’s Bananas—Tips on Submitting to Ooligan (Acquisitions)

By Molly K.B. Hunt MollyKanHas

January 4, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Manager Monday: That’s Bananas—Tips on Submitting to Ooligan (Acquisitions)

The people who need to read this blog post are the least likely to ever set eyes on it. And I know that because the only annoying queries us acquisitions co-managers receive are those from folks who don’t do their homework on the publisher who’s about to receive their query. Seriously—we’re always excited at the […]

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: Acquisitions, bananas, book manuscript, ooligan press, queries, query letters, Submishmash, Submission Guidelines, submission tips, submissions, Submittable

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