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Selecting a Book Title

By Sarah Loepp

July 4, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Selecting a Book Title

You might think that compared to writing an entire book, selecting a title would be easy. In reality, however, crafting an effective title is a finely-tuned art that usually requires a great deal of analysis and strategy on the part of the author and publishing team.

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: Authors, book title, dos and don'ts, Editing, Marketing, Ooligan, title, writing

Cover Design and Marketing

By Margaret Schimming

April 30, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Cover Design and Marketing

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 […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: book covers, crowdfunding, Design, Marketing, Rhythm in the Rain, Social Media, title

Rhythm in the Rain Voted as Title for Jazz Project

By Margaret Schimming

April 10, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Rhythm in the Rain Voted as Title for Jazz Project

Early this past March, Ooligan hosted its very first public title vote for our forthcoming jazz project. This poll ran for two weeks and offered up four titles with space for clever minds to add in their own suggestions. Rhythm in the Rain: Jazz in the Pacific Northwest was voted best title for the project, […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: development, jazz, Lynn Darroch, nonfiction, Ooligan Jazz, ooligan press, poll, title, vote

Meet the Team

By Margaret Schimming

March 10, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Meet the Team

As we are reaching the end of Winter 2015, I wanted to introduce the team who has been working to make this book possible. Without these people, it would be nearly impossible to accomplish anything we have done thus far, so I wanted to give them a shout out this week. One of the bigger […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: Brew to Bikes, crowdfunding, jazz, team, title

Renaming the Project

By Margaret Schimming

February 21, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Renaming the Project

As we continue to work through the developmental edits of the Mastersounds manuscript, it is now time to begin considering picking the final title for the book. The team and the author are currently hard at work developing possibilities for this name change, but we want to get a wider opinion. That said, on March […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: changes, jazz, Lynn Darroch, manuscript, Mastersounds, title

We Have a Title!

By Stephanie Podmore

February 19, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

After much deliberation, we finally have a set title for Eliot’s new young adult novel. I’m thrilled to announce that A Series of Small Maneuvers will be released November 1, 2015. We all agreed that this title–pulled from a crucial scene in the book—-picks up on one of the main themes, and can be applied […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: A Series of Small Maneuvers, books, Editing, Eliot Treichel, Ooligan, title, young adult

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