{"id":3371,"date":"2013-03-18T20:04:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T20:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/?p=3371"},"modified":"2017-12-02T23:36:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T23:36:37","slug":"a-day-in-the-life-of-an-independent-publisher-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/03\/a-day-in-the-life-of-an-independent-publisher-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"A day in the life of an independent publisher \/ producer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every now and then I like to make a record of an average working day in my life as a publisher and literary arts producer. Partly this it to communicate to the outside world what it is I actually get up to, here in my little corner office in Toynbee Studios, and partly to remind myself of the same thing. So I picked today, a run-of-the-mill Monday in March. Admittedly there’s no accounting, but this is pretty close to a typical day.<\/p>\n

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Monday 18 March<\/h3>\n

9.30
\nGet in and make myself a cup of tea
\nCheck emails and answer urgent ones immediately
\nCheck in on Facebook (I have Twitter on my phone so no need to check that)<\/p>\n

9.45
\nProcess and package up book orders that have come in over the weekend
\nPackage up some review copies of The Shipwrecked House<\/a><\/p>\n

10.30
\nStart going through inbox
\nReply to various emails related to two projects I’m working on, ADRIFT<\/a> and EVP<\/a>
\nSend an advisory email to the Poetry Book Society (I’m a board member)<\/p>\n

11.15
\nA new review of The Method<\/a> by Rob Stanton comes through!
\nPut this out on Twitter and Facebook, update book’s webpage, and print and file the review<\/a> for records
\nMore book processing<\/p>\n

11.30
\nNip to the Post Office<\/p>\n

12.00
\nOn way back pop home for a sandwich (I live locally) and do a couple of domestic chores<\/p>\n

13.00
\nBack in the office – coffee is brewed
\nRespond to new emails that have come in over lunch<\/p>\n

13:30
\nMake final edits to manuscript of Meghan Purvis’s Beowulf<\/a> (due out in May)<\/p>\n

2.30
\nLeave for meeting at the Sir John Soane Museum in Chancery Lane to discuss opportunities to work together<\/p>\n

5.00
\nBack in the office after a great meeting
\nCheck and reply to emails
\nCollect and read the post, including submission form for the Forward Prize, which I file carefully
\nFulfil another book order which has just come through
\nCheck book stock with my distributor
\nWrite an email about ADRIFT project<\/p>\n

5.30
\nChat to Corinne who works in the office about some big news she’s just received
\nMore Beowulf<\/em> editing<\/p>\n

6.15
\nPhonecall with poet Ross Sutherland about his EVP commission<\/p>\n

6.45
\nWrite emails to arrange rehearsals for EVP<\/p>\n

7.00
\nRead through and reply to unsolicited submissions<\/p>\n

7.30
\nA few final tweaks to Beowulf<\/em> – tomorrow I’ll be sending it to print!<\/p>\n

7.45
\nHungry now. Write this blog post<\/p>\n

8.00
\nLeave office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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