A formal release of the recently published Palgrave Macmillan book Foreign Capital Inflows to China, India and the Caribbean , took place last week in New Delhi in the presence of the Indian Minister of Defence(and former Finance Minister), Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, in his private parliamentary offices.  Kalpana Shukla, General Manager of Palgrave Macmillan in India was in attendance along with co-authors, Dr. Arindam Banik and Dr. Pradip Baumik. We're hoping that the Minister will write a book for us now. Given India's fantastic growth and success the rest of the world has much to learn from his experiences. 

My friend, Nick Clee was editor of the The Bookseller magazine for several years, after Louis Baum (who got very irked at me once when we added an 'e' to Louis on the cover of his book), and before the incumbent Neill Denny. Nick has become a cookery author with Don't sweat the aubergine published by the small but growing and excellent Short Books. Nick has recently launched The sceptical cook blog. The recipes sound delicious and the advice soundly based on practical experience of an ordinary person. It also makes a change from book trade gossip.

The conference at the British Library yesterday seemed to go very well. The session I chaired was all about the archiving of electronica. If my email filing system is typical, a better descriptor would be chaotica a word already bagged by an electronic rock group. In any event I was reassured that every word uttered and every powerpoint shown yesterday will certainly be archived to the highest standards and I believe the BL is even archiving this blog for the delectation of future generations. Good luck to them.