The Last of Summer Term
Summer term is wrapping up at the Ooligan office, but Sean and The Wax Bullet War will be maintaining a steady rhythm throughout the entire summer. The first week of […]
Results of Networking
Hello all, We have some results from our networking! I am meeting this week with Marc Moscato, Executive Director of Know Your City, to go over how we might create […]
Backlist to the Future: Oregon at Work
“Oregon is one of the best places on earth to live,” says Governor Ted Kulongoski in his foreword to Oregon at Work, and I couldn’t agree more. With Oregon’s abundance […]
Ooligan Typecoding Mysteries Revealed
Right between the better-known processes of editing and design, Ooligan manuscripts also undergo a process called typecoding. Just now, for instance, we are in the midst of finishing our edits […]
It’s Starting to Come Together
Why, hello there. It’s been a busy month for the Write to Publish team. We have roughly half of our panelists confirmed, although we won’t be announcing those lovely folks […]
Conversation with alumna and instructor Amanda Gomm
Amanda Gomm graduated from the book publishing program in 2011. Since then, she’s started her own ebook press, Digital Bindery, and started helping Ooligan students learn digital languages and the […]
Open Letter to Amazon Gains Support of Best-Selling Authors
While this year’s Fourth of July fireworks displays around the country were bold and beautiful, the fireworks between online retail giant Amazon.com and long-standing book publisher Hachette were anything but. […]
Getting There
Hello again, everyone. It has been a relatively calm week for Untangling the Knot. The project team’s main focus has been the continuation of some ongoing tasks as we try […]
Making the Personal Public
I remember the only paper I got a “B” on was a personal reflection paper in one of my high school English classes. At the time, I was miffed. How […]
Kick the Summertime Blues with a Personalized Book Recommendation from My Librarian
Summertime is here, and if you’re a reader, it’s time to get to those books that have been sitting on your nightstand or bookshelf for months. Some people pledge to […]