Day 5: The Beginning of the End

Today is the last day before I will be relocated to a new table without a computer. That means a lot of the same old thing I fear. Probably doing a lot of mail outs, photocopying and all the usual stuff associated with a placement. It remains to be seen.

Using the computer and the in-house database system I complete my Da Vinci Code mailing list. Once I compiled the list of about 120 addresses I print it out on the official press release paper. All this is of course after Caroline checked it and gave me some useful advice. Since there are no jackets to send out all there is to send is a photocopy of the jacket along with the Title Information sheet from the system written by the editors. Because Fodor's guides are written and produced in the U.S., there will be no proofs and proper jackets to mail out until a couple of weeks before publication. This doesn't really seem to be a problem though as Fodor's guides are aimed at more up-market people and can in a way guarantee to be sold by bookshops, as they don't really have to compete with Lonely Planet, Rough Guides or DK. They are a category of their own really, almost like Zagat guides.

Other than that there are random mail outs to be done throughout the day. A regular friday I guess and to be honest there isn't much to say. All in all I would have to say I have enjoyed the first week and look forward to next week. I doubt I can handle all the socializing and 'lovely voiced' phone conversations. Wait and see I guess and hope its not the beginning of the end.

M.M.