Bryan Yates looks after operations at Unireps, the distribution arm of University of New South Wales Press. Unireps stocks and distributes for us in Australia, and has helped raise our profile in this key market. Bryan was stopping by on his way back from the Frankfurt Bookfair.

Chin Peng's visit to Singapore, to deliver a talk at ISEAS, was the subject of press coverage in the Straits Times and in the Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore's leading Chinese daily. The book cover was featured above the fold on the front page on Saturday, 9th October. Zaobaoonly posts articles for a short time, so it is no longer available on the website. Sorry!

It's day two of the Frankfurt Bookfair, and this is my first chance to connect to the internet. I'm writing this while downloading some 200 email messages... Including a couple of manuscripts I'm happy to say. The Fair is certainly a bit quieter this year, but it is good to see that our progress is recognized by partners and fellow publishers.

This is also the first year in awhile that Singapore has hosted a group stand. I missed the cocktail yesterday afternoon, which was scheduled for 4.30 pm. Too early! I had meetings till 6.30pm.

An interesting theme this year is electronic rights. More and more channels are available for e-books and databases, with a wider variety of business models.