Things I did for work today
Shut down my laptop, which has been on for 2 weeks, and turned it on again. Hopefully that helped clear up some memory.
Nope.
Have 400 unread emails. Okay.
Sent in a suggested final title for an author talk.
New sales support associate, woohoo! Said hi.
Confirming that I have rights to sell the new Booker Prize winner, THE END OF EVERYTHING, in my territory. I've forgotten, lol. (I do, yay!)
Clicked "tentative" on every Spring 2028 launch meeting for Feb (used to attend some of these, but it's past midnight my time and I am old and prefer to not sleep doing my things.)
Sent in estimates for the deluxe edition of THE SHINING.
Looked up the discounts on some MIT Press titles.
Read an article about the making of LORE OLYMPUS and sent it to an industry friend.
(Got distracted with doomscrolling for a bit.)
Processing some orders, sending news about some signed editions, etc.
Reviewed and gave feedback on some promotional material for printing (which included confirming whether a title already had an updated cover and could it be released.)
Checking the status of some credit notes.
Walking an indie bookstore through opening an account.
Connecting an author with an events team and vice versa.
Sent news about some upcoming beautiful deluxe editions (with some art that also can't be shared publicly yet!)
300 unread emails, woohoo! (The problem with sending out emails is that you invariably get more back, lol.)
Sent in news about a drop-in and a book club pick. Approved some images for another event.
(Took a long break to shower, doomscroll, and listen to The Thursday Murder Club audiobook)
Checked stock levels of some key titles.
Read through the children's publicity & update emails.
Continuation of helping bookstore open up an account.
Browsed through a few Publishers Lunch newsletters (who honestly has time to read the deal announcements in full?? Not me, sadly.)
Fixed Zoho mailing list, which took hoursssss (ok, maybe less than 2, but it felt like forever.)
Communicated with customer service about a few orders.
I was going to go back to work after a very late dinner and my walk, but nope. Spent the night finishing my audiobook, and then starting a new one.