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The Rise of Romantasy and Extreme Publishing

Whether it’s fantastical worlds filled with gorgeous Fae or a war college of lethal dragon riders, book lovers can’t seem to stop sinking their canines into one of the most popular subgenres to date, romantasy. Following any popular book phenomenon, there are not only more wonderful stories for readers to enjoy, but the detrimental consequences of publishers trying to suck as much profit from this new subgenre as possible. Everyone’s trying to get their share of Romantasy before, or if ever, it bleeds out in the future.

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Designing Team-Driven Collateral

As a team, we decided what we could design rather than making decisions from the top down, making sure that everyone’s opinions and ideas were considered. After great deliberation, we came up with designs that accurately captured our group’s imagination and vision, while also taking into consideration the novel, its themes, and thinking about our audience and what they would like as someone who would like this novel.

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Queering the Narrative: The Past and Present of LGBTQ+ Publishing

Queer literature has long been subjected to morality clauses, bans, and pathologizing narrative requirements. For the first time in history, publishers today are facing the expectation that they will have queer titles in their catalogs, lest they lose sales. Even in the face of a rise in book ban attempts, queer readers are being recognized as a valuable and essential market.

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A Crash Course on the Crash Course: The Creation of Ooligan’s First High School Workshop

When this blog post is uploaded, Ooligan Press will have taught its first ever workshop aimed at high school students. Our course “A Publishing Crash Course for Teens” was on February 22, 2025, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Forest Grove Library in Washington County. Washington County is about a half-hour drive from Portland, and before this workshop, the librarians had never heard of Ooligan Press. So, how did we get here?

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How Self-Publishing Authors Utilize Freelance Editors

Have you ever Googled “How to be a self-published author”? If you have, you’ve probably seen several blogs and websites that advertise a step-by-step process to be self-published. One of the most important steps, in both self-publishing and traditional publishing, is editing. Author’s going the self-publishing route typically find a freelance editor to perform these necessary editorial tasks.

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