A Jewish Editor Edits a Jewish YA Novel
As a soon-to-be graduate of the Master’s in Book Publishing program, a budding editor, and a Jewish person born and raised, I have had the pleasure of working on Ruth […]
Subterranean Home(sick)
The other morning, before opening my eyes, I had this comforting yet strange (and rather eerie) sensibility that I was in my bed at my parents’ home in Tennessee. I […]
My Date with Harry Potter
Note: if you haven’t read my previous post about Harry Potter, you just need to know that I swore I’d never read the books. And then I did. Spring break […]
Manager Monday: Picking Your Portfolio Platform (Digital)
In the internet-heavy, networking-obsessed world of today, having a website is nearly non-optional. And by website, I don’t mean a Facebook profile page, an active Twitter feed, or a Tumblr […]
Books Outside Bookstores: Selling to Specialty Stores
Earlier this year, a friend and I were feeling particularly flush and went into a boutique well out of our price range. Among the silk gowns and hand-stitched shoes and […]
Rough and Tumblr
For those not in the know, Tumblr is an incredibly popular microblogging platform where users can post content of all kinds—video, text, pictures, music, and more. Personally, I have had […]
On Finding Your “Niche”: Escaping the Publishing Trajectory
I spent my time in the New York City publishing scene sitting in a dark hole. Or, at least, that’s what I—and the three other girls with whom I shared […]
The Seven People You Will Meet at a Conference
In book publishing, there are plenty of conferences to attend. As students, we drool at the stories about celebrity sightings and big prize giveaways at BEA. Some of us have […]
Memories Portland Launch: Feminist Pub Trivia
I was nervous to start the Ooligan program this term, but when my project team told me our first task was to launch Memories Flow in Our Vein by hosting […]
“This Too Shall Pass”: Resituating Book Marketing in a Shifting Media Environment (Manager Monday—Marketing)
I’ve said it before, and I’ll continue to say it—Ooligan Press is a high-quality small press because of rather than in spite of the nature of the graduate student staff. […]