Reading is important in the school Can Ran founded for children. She believes a book acts as a boat, sailing to the inner world of a child, and that reading can help children become sensitive to this world and use their own language to describe their feelings.
Ooligan Blog
A Marketing Tool for Indie Publishers and Authors Alike
By Hannah Boettcher
Goodreads allows users to keep track of books they’ve read, books they want to read, and the reading journeys of other registered users. While Goodreads is a wonderful resource for readers, it also houses a very lucrative market for indie publishers and authors. Through the Goodreads author program, Q&A groups, word of mouth, and the Goodreads recommendation engine, indie publishers and authors are able to establish a presence among the bigger five guns in the publishing world.
Books with Fan Art: Including the Audience in the Design
By Rosina Miranda
Reprinting is common in any literary genre, but a new trend has emerged in Young Adult fiction, partly thanks to the internet: the inclusion of fan-made artwork in a book’s special or collector’s edition.
Beta Reading: The Pros and Cons of an Outside Editorial Critique
By Denali Halicki @denali_epub
That’s when a beta reader comes in. Beta reading is common in small online communities, from writing clubs to fanfiction groups. Your beta reader could be a stranger across the country hopping onto your Google Doc and looking for grammatical errors, or they could be your best friend crossing out half of your story in red pen.
The Mystery Behind the Mystery Genre
By Bailey Potter
Like every kind of genre fiction, we knew that the mystery genre has a large audience, which would be great for Ooligan to break into. We just needed to get there. How? Well, that’s part of the mystery.
Discovering the Business Behind the Art Form
By Mary Williams
Ultimately, all of this is done to get that book in the hands of someone who has felt the same passion I’ve felt my whole life.