Saint Nick Loves Ooligan, Do You?
My family fled from the bitter cold winters the Midwest never fails to deliver. Home is now the Pacific Northwest, but if you’re not from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a short explanation […]
Smut & Saleability: A Penetrating Look at eBooks and Self-Published Erotica
Erotica has always occupied a weird space in the publishing industry. Clearly, there is ample demand for books about “doing it”—the commercial success of the inescapable Fifty Shades trilogy has […]
Manager Monday: Digital Outreach Strategy and the Future of Marketing (Marketing)
Near the end of the spring term, when Ooligan’s veteran managers were wrestling with their portfolios and doing just a little more proofreading on their final papers, incoming managers were […]
Two Deep Breaths and Then Speak
The launch party for Eliot Treichel’s A Series of Small Maneuvers, released on November 1, 2015, was held at Another Read Through on November 17. Treichel spoke about his process […]
There’s No Accounting for Taste
Recently in my leisure reading, I noticed I had coincidentally chosen a handful of books that all had to do with mermaids or the circus. These weren’t back-to-back reads; rather […]
Meet Write to Publish 2016’s Presenting Sponsor
With Write to Publish 2016 coming up at the end of January, we thought we would introduce you to the conference’s presenting sponsor, Desert Palm Press. Founded only a few […]
Short Stories and Small Presses
Short stories have long been considered something of a necessary evil in the world of publishing. It is a truism that “short stories don’t sell,” and the major publishing houses […]
Marketing and Publicity with Mary Bisbee-Beek
Mary Bisbee-Beek is an independent book publicist who specializes in marketing and foreign rights. I am lucky enough to be working with her on a new title from Ooligan Press, […]
Manager Monday: Preparing Blog Content (Editing)
Have you ever read a Facebook post or a tweet or a blog and noticed errors? You don’t have to be an editor to notice that internet writing isn’t often […]
Reflections on Write to Publish with Brandon Sanford
Brandon Sanford started at Ooligan Press in the winter of 2014 and graduated in the summer of 2015. He first participated in Write to Publish (W2P) in 2014 as an […]