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Today started with a meeting in the city, the bus strike and rain in Sydney meant that it was absolute mayhem, what should have been an hour and a half turned into a 3 hour trip. With only a week to go to Christmas most of the reprinting and stock conversations are over. Fallen, however, is a different story, the sales are unbelievable – Bookscan has reported sales of 7K copies in the first week!...
Incredibly we looked at initial print run numbers for books being published in March 2010 today. It is difficult to get your head around the fact that this year is pretty much over and you have to start deciding about things happening well into next year. Still we are fortunate enough to have some great titles coming next year. I just finished reading the new Lee Child, 61 Hours, and think without...
Last night was the final game of the season for the Random House softball team and I am pleased to announce that we finished with a resounding win. Everyone followed the game plan and it was pleasing to get the result that we worked so hard for. A day of meetings today covering issues from plans for next year, budgets, inventory management to urgent reprints. Fallen by Lauren Kate looks like being...
It was a crazy day today. There are so many last minute orders going through the warehouse from bookshops all trying to stay in stock of the most popular books this side of Christmas. It’s such a great time of year watching the amazing sales and very exciting that everything seems to be selling; particularly, Judy Nunn’s latest book - Maralinga and Masterchef the Cookbook, Ray Martin’s autobiography...
The Product Meeting is a highlight of Monday and a meeting that many people enjoy. It’s always full as it has representatives from the Sales, Product, Publicity and Marketing departments. The basic function of the meeting is to talk through the current major titles and make sure that we have enough stock on hand to cover orders. This sounds simple enough but is actually incredibly difficult. If a...
