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This not having a working computer lark is interesting. On the downside: NO COMPUTER. On the plus side, I have talked (rather than emailed) to more people than I usually do, and I've gone in more shops. It was rather nice to go into the Waterstone's in Milton Keynes and see that Thomas Emson's Maneater took pride of place on the Waterstone's Recommends gondola end in the SFF section. It was also nice to talk to people in store and check that all was well with ordering and systems. The Waterstone's in Oxford was also looking rather chipper, and I saw a good stocking of our titles both in section and a couple on the tables: Pandemonium Road by Thomas Emson and Write to be Published by Nicola Morgan both looked dazzling.
As I type (on an old Mac Book that Rob has kindly lent me), my new Mac Mini purchased this morning is restoring from backup, and my macbook pro is being couriered to the fixers to have a new logic board (I'm told). The restore from backup has been a bit hairy: I had to reformat* the time machine external disk, and so have gained a few grey hairs today. All seems ok now. Hopefully I'll be back on my proper system this evening, with email and all. Thanks for your patience on email whilst I get sorted out.
*Rob note: I'd say verified and remounted, but maybe that's just me
Comments: 8
Hi Emma,
Sorry to hear about your computer. Really need to speak with you. Urgent.
THanks.
pjw
Posted by: Pete Wolverton on June 21, 2011 02:31 PM
I always get excited on spotting all my snowfriends on shelves while lurking around book stores. Thomas, George (Mann) and Mark (Hodder) are all looking pretty at Belfast Forbidden Planet - as well as our local Waterstone's :)
Posted by: WayneSimmons on June 21, 2011 04:30 PM
"Has anyone seen The Martian Ambassador in a Waterstone's?" asked Alan hopefully.
Posted by: Alan Baker on June 21, 2011 05:52 PM
It's instore for sure, Alan, according to the WS website. Plus, you're playing a blinder at Amazon UK - sales ranking looking good!
Haven't been to my local FPI but I'll be there Thursday and take a look. I'd be surprised if it wasn't there, with that ey
Posted by: WayneSimmons on June 21, 2011 06:29 PM
Thanks Wayne. Yeah, it's been as high as 3000, which is pretty cool!
Posted by: Alan Baker on June 21, 2011 07:50 PM
Hooray, all fixed. Lordy, isn't Time Machine amazing? My desktop on my new computer looks exactly as it did a few hours before my old computer failed - there is such comfort, for once, in seeing that clutter. And all 189,000 emails have magically appeared in Mail, too. Not, thankfully, all in the inbox.
And I rather like getting urgent comments from important US publishers on the blog. For your info, I placed a Cotswold village to NYC transatlantic call to Pete, so worry not, snowblog friends, all is in order.
PHEW!
Posted by: Em on June 21, 2011 08:09 PM
Yay for Emma and 189000 e-mails!
(eeek!)
Alan, I think the blog threw me out mid-comment! To finish: I'll be at my local FPI on Friday and will DEMAND they stock TMA on the off-chance that they're not already. But with that cover, I reckon they'll already have it ordered in :)
And congrats on the sales rankings!
Posted by: WayneSimmons on June 21, 2011 09:02 PM
Oh, now I understand, Wayne! I thought maybe you'd been mauled by a zombie mid-sentence. Thanks for the support, and I'll be sure to check the Waterstone's here in wind-blasted Brighton to make certain they have your tomes!
Posted by: Alan Baker on June 21, 2011 10:00 PM