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TateSearsBlogPostWinter2025

How to Use Circana Bookascan’s Advanced Features

We here at Ooligan primarily use Circana Bookscan to find comparative titles or “comp titles” which are books we use as reference points to inform our own marketing efforts and sales expectations. The books we use have to be very similar and it can be a laborious task if you don’t know what you’re doing. Fortunately I’m here to walk you through some more advanced features of Circana Bookscan to make finding the data you need easier.

EditingTips2024

6 Things I Learned While Copyediting

On its face, copyediting is a relatively simple prospect. Find grammatical and spelling errors, highlight them and then send them to the author. But is there more to it than that? To be honest, not really, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy! During my forays into copyediting both as a freelancer and as an Oolie, I’ve picked up a number of tips and tricks that I’m now obligated to share with you.