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Why Do Adults Read Young Adult Books?

By Monica Hay @monicathewriter

November 6, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Why Do Adults Read Young Adult Books?

Adult books are about learning to live in the world we have. YA books are about changing the world.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: adult books, adults reading YA, audience, BookTube, Christine Riccio, genre, Publisher's Weekly, publishing, teen, YA, ya books, young adult, young adult literature

Inside Ooligan: A Day at ABC Children’s Institute

By Elizabeth Hughes @elizabig

June 23, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Inside Ooligan: A Day at ABC Children’s Institute

One of the first things you learn in the publishing industry is to accept a kindly phrased “no” as an answer to your pitch. This lesson may sound a little bitter; however, anticipating being told no makes receiving an enthusiastic yes feel even more rewarding. I experienced this myself last term when we reached out to the American Booksellers Association in regards to attending their ABC Children’s Institute.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: ABA, American Booksellers Association, Children's Institute, conference, kidstute, Ooligan, pitch letter, Portland, YA lit, YA Literature, young adult literature

A Haiku of the Story

By Margaret Henry

February 28, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

A Haiku of the Story

The last time you heard from the Ocean in My Ears team, we were busy copyediting the manuscript. Well, now the copyediting is finished, and we have since turned our attention to the cover. Like many of our projects at Ooligan Press, this was a collaborative effort. Taylor Farris came up with the original concept for the cover that featured a watercolor splash, a denim textured font, and a clean aesthetic; Leigh Thomas built upon this design, adding the mountains and the reflection, as well as fine-tuning the details; and Riley Pittenger hand drew the illustrated car. Needless to say, the result is a cover that is more than the sum of its parts, but let’s go ahead and take a closer look at some of those parts anyway.

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: Alaska, book covers, Chip Kidd, color theory, graphic design, illustrations, Meagan Macvie, the 1990s, The Ocean in My Ears, typography, watercolor, young adult literature

And Now, We Wait

By Alyssa Gnall

May 30, 2016 by OoliganPress 1 Comment

And Now, We Wait

This month, I’d like to talk about a subject that perhaps doesn’t get addressed as straightforwardly as it should: waiting. Waiting is the in-between step in the book publishing process that I wasn’t prepared for, and it has consistently been a challenge as a manager. You’ve just organized and collaborated with seven other people to […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: ooligan press, Ruth Tenzer Feldman, Seven Stitches, YA lit, young adult literature

Prepping for Pre-Sales

By Alyssa Gnall

April 25, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Prepping for Pre-Sales

As we head steadily into the middle of the spring term, the Seven Stitches team is hard at work preparing for pre-sales. In the early summer, we’ll hold a pre-sales call with Ingram, where we’ll pitch the book for distribution. To get ready for that call, we’re nailing down our marketing materials, including the advance […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: ooligan press, Ruth Tenzer Feldman, Seven Stitches, YA lit, young adult literature

We’re Getting into the Spring of Things

By Alyssa Gnall

April 4, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

We’re Getting into the Spring of Things

Shortly after Valentine’s Day, Ruth returned her revised manuscript to our team, and we got started on line-level developmental editing. This go-around of editing basically involves no major changes or alterations, and it is instead focused on making Ruth’s manuscript the best version of itself. Because she’s chosen to take on the issue of diverse […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: ooligan press, Ruth Tenzer Feldman, Seven Stitches, YA lit, young adult literature

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