Publishing

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Burning Pages: California Booksellers Respond to Wildfires

Since January 7, wildfires have devastated communities throughout southern California. In response, local organizations, businesses, and individuals have rallied to provide relief, offering everything from shelter to food and monetary donations to help restore the vitality of these communities. Amid this devastation, I’ve been particularly moved by the inspiring efforts of local libraries and booksellers to support their neighbors in need.

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The Importance of Documentation

Good documentation takes its audience into consideration, is clear, organized, and kept up to date. Whatever information you use in your professional career, taking the time to curate concise, clear documentation and practice good naming and organizational principles will give you a stronger foundation for future projects and help you easily explain what you do and how you do it.

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The Handoff Process

It’s not always clear how manuscripts move between departments in the publishing industry. Who decides when they’re ready to go and what information gets exchanged? This process may vary from press to press depending on the size of the departments, but here at Ooligan, there’s a standardized process to transfer the manuscript from acquisitions to copyeditor and the project manager who will take the manuscript throughout the rest of the publishing process.

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Raising a Bilingual Reader in Portland

Often, books in the children’s Spanish section are bilingual, and the translations leave much to be desired and not just due to errors. Despite living in the United States, where the majority of Spanish speakers are Mexican and from other Latin American countries, bilingual books and translations often use Castellano Spanish … from Spain! No one from Latin America speaks Spanish the way the Spanish speak Spanish.

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What is THEMA? (And Why Does It Matter?)

THEMA is a system used for categorizing books by their subject matter. Like Book Industry Standards and Communications (BISAC) or Book Industry Communication (BIC), THEMA codes classify book subjects, making the process of classifying titles simpler. Unlike BISAC or BIC, these codes are not solely used in a specific region like Europe or North America. Due to THEMA being a multilingual system, it can be utilized on an international level.

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