Inkstone Books, an initiative launched by Chameleon Press, facilitates the publication and distribution of, in particular, low print-run and specialised and professional books by Asian authors and organisations.
By making use of the newest digital technologies for production and distribution, Inkstone Books can give Asian writers access to both wholesale and retail distribution in Hong kong, America and Britain -- and gives readers around the world access to books that would not otherwise be available.
Inkstone can provide professional assistance in editing, layout and design, as well as access to local and international distribution.
In Hong Kong, Inkstone can produce books in print runs as low as 50 and at costs starting below HK$30 per book, perfect for poetry, private printings, collections by creative writing classes and high value-added consulting publications -- or for anyone who does not wish to have an inventory management problem.
Books can be made available to American and British wholesale and retail channels through the use of Print-on-Demand.
For more information on custom publishing solutions, please e-mail inkstone@chameleonpress.com or write c/o Chameleon Press, 23A Success Commercial Building, 245-251 Hennessy Road, Hong Kong.
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Building Energy Efficiency The first comprehensive study in Asia examining the opportunities for governments, businesses, NGOs and individuals to improve energy efficiency in the building sector. This wide-ranging work shows both market-based solutions and promising policy approaches to achieve the increasingly important goal of dramatically improved building energy efficiency. An Asia Business Council Book book.
ISBN 988-9565-1-9, October 2007
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John Nourse was born deep in the countryside of Devon, England in 1922, ordained into the Church of England in Winchester Cathedral in 1949, lived in Windsor Castle and the precincts of Canterbury Cathedral, amongst other places, and died back in Devon in 2006. A Love of High Places is the delightful account of his life, as told to his sons. Nourse captures the evocative smells of the English countryside, the raw beauty of the coastline and the moor, the thrill and fear of wartime naval service and the fairy-tale excitement of Windsor Castle as well as the clergy and character of the Church of England.
ISBN 988-99371-1-6, September
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Idling Engine provides a thorough critique of Hong Kong's environmental policy since 1997. The authors address the major environmental issues facing Hong Kong, what progress has been made, and the significant challenges that remain. They examine the reasons behind the success of some policies and the failure of others as well as provide recommendations for the future. A Civic-Exchange book.
ISBN 988-98192-5-2, July 2007
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Still Holding Our Breath examines Hong Kong's air quality policy in the ten years since 1997. Despite some progress, regulation is often either inadequate and set goals, even when met, do not meaningfully address the most important issues. This book provides an in-depth examination of Hong Kong's air pollution in light of the scope and efficacy of existing policy. A Civic-Exchange book.
ISBN 988-98192-6-0, July 2007
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Reflections of Leadership examines how Tung Chee Hwa and Donald Tsang led Hong Kong. Their visions, styles, beliefs, and choices made a substantial difference to how Hong Kong has been governed in the last ten years. The authors use the major speeches and decisions of the Chief Executives to analyse their leadership because these best embodied their values, assumptions and ideas about government and policy. The book also examines the Executive Council in the past decade. A Civic-Exchange book.
ISBN 988-98192-3-6, June 2007
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From Nowhere to Nowhere examines Hong Kong's failure to make significant constitutional progress during the past decade. It tells the story of how Beijing and the HKSAR Government stalled constitutional reform and seized control of the community's discussion on political development. Using the idea of regime legitimacy as a conceptual tool, the authors explore the origins of the HKSAR's peculiar constitutional structure and analyse its impact on governance, conflict resolution, and the development of political leadership. A Civic-Exchange book.
ISBN 988-98192-4-4, June 2007
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Hemlock, the nom de plume of a western-born Hong Kong taxpayer and voter who has lived in the city for most of his working life -- since the countdown to the handover started in the mid-1980s, recounts the decline in the city’s governance, spirit and ambition in the years following the handover. "Step right up to witness the freakiest political system in the world, a mutant hybrid so bizarre you have to read this book to believe it." -- Hugo Restall, Editor, Far Eastern Economic Review
ISBN 962-86740-9-9, May 2007
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How to Manage People Effectively provides proven techniques and insights on best practices and key tactics to develop and increase your people management skills.
ISBN 962-86740-8-0, May 2007
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At Home Away is a selection of short stories submitted to the 2006 Canadian Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong's Maple Leaf Short Story Competition, including the winners from both the senior and junior competitions.
ISBN 988-99021-6-8, November 2006
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This, I Believe is a collection of essay by Hong Kong teenagers, published to support Operation Santa Claus.
"These are the voices of our children -- the children of Hong Kong. They have plenty of heart, mind, soul and dreams. In these spirited essays, they tell us about how they see our city and our society." -- Christine Loh
ISBN 962-99021-9-2, April 2007
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The May Moon Money-Wise Bindup is two books in one! 'May Moon and the Secrets of the CPAs' and 'How to Raise a Money-Wise Child'. Do you want (your kids) to be rich? To get serious amounts of money, you need to understand money. But no schools teach 'How to Get Rich' lessons, even though money skills are among the most important things everyone needs to know. The answer lies in these two volumes sponsored by the HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. First Join May Moon and her talking book in an amazing money-making adventure like no other -- and then reinforce the lessons at home with 'How to Raise a Money-Wise Child'. Both books give examples in HK$, and include such specific topics as lai see in addition to standard financial concepts.
ISBN 988-99021-5-X, June 2006
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The girl was running, running as fast as she could, further and further. She did not know where she was, where she was going. The woods were closing in on her, they were crushing her. Her cheeks were scratched from the branches reaching out, trying to grasp her. Her arms were cut, but she ran on. Running, running.
She knew, she knew it was the end. But she was wrong, it was only the beginning.
The beginning of a very different story.
Shaiyra Devi is a fourteen year-old student from Hong Kong. This is her first novel.
ISBN 962-86740-7-2, November 2006
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May Moon and the Secrets of the CPAs asks kids if they want to be rich. To get serious amounts of money, you need to understand money. But no schools teach 'How to Get Rich?' lessons, even though money skills are among the most important things everyone needs to know. The answer lies in this volume sponsored by the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
ISBN 988-98362-4-6, December 2005
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Not sure how to teach your kids about financial responsibility? Ever wonder how the professionals do it?
The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants has put together a step-by-step approach to teaching your kids, based on age groups, about financial responsibility. This book covers a bevy of issues meant especially for busy Hong Kong parents, from the theoretical -- practising what you preach, instilling the right attitude, and working with your spouse as a team -- to the practical, such as using an allowance to teach budgeting, how to deal with lai see, and what type of piggy bank to use!
ISBN 988-98362-8-9, January 2006
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You Can Learn Any Language: Are you hesitating to learn a new language because you've heard it's difficult? Or are you trying right now but finding it harder than you imagined? What if you could become fluent in a new language in a very short period of time -- just months, or maybe even weeks?
The Third Ear takes you step by step along a path to think about language learning in totally new ways. Ways that help you realise you already know how to learn any language. You just needed to be reminded.
ISBN 988-98887-0-X, December 2005
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Are you tired of reading about all those clever, temporary expatriates, who buy a run-down dwelling in Provence or Tuscany; then spend happy years renovating it with the cooperation of laughing locals and rustic characters; eventually producing a home fit for Architectural Digest? Are you weary of reading how these intimidating people produce fabulous meals based on local produce; all worthy of inclusion in Gourmet Traveller?
Read Wendy McTavish's version. You'll feel better afterwards. Wendy went to Hong Kong in 1966 just in time for China's Cultural Revolution. She is still there today, years after the 1997 Handover.
ISBN 962-86740-5-6, April 2005
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From THE HONG WRITERS' CIRCLE come thirteen wonderfully spooky short stories from some of Hong Kong's most exciting writers. Take a journey into the dark side of the city and you'll find ghosts everywhere: protesting in Statue Square, lurking on the MTR, grooving in Wanchai nightclubs, dining in Cheung Chau, and wreaking havoc in the New Territories.
ISBN 988-98366-1-0, March 2005
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Written by a veteran banker with five years of firsthand experience as a corporate customer of investment banks, MONEY FOR THE BANK is a guide to marketing for bankers and offers guidelines and suggestions for trainees and associates starting their careers in banking (especially international banking). Experienced investment bankers who read the book will be encouraged to think about how they can improve their chances and win more business.
PETER GELDART has worked in banking and finance, in both London and Hong Kong, since 1975.
ISBN 962-86740-6-4, February 2005
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Published by CIVIC-EXCHANGE and packed to the gunnels with over 250 of Gavin Coates's prize winning daily cartoons published in The Standard and his weekly contributions to Asia Times Online. A fascinating and wry review of the last four years' political buffoonery in Hong Kong and China, not to mention the antics of the USA. A star-studded cast includes Tung Chee Hwa, Regina Ip, Uncle Sam, The Goddess of Democracy, Jiang Ze Min, George Bush, Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden and of course the Yuen Long Crocodile! This book was produced by offset, not print-on-demand.
ISBN 988-98192-1-X, December 2004
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China in the early 21st century is the world's fastest-growing economy, offering business and cultural opportunities unparalleled in modern history. Yet the glamour of pristine skyscrapers and the glitz of the newly rich and famous hides an uglier reality, one where the ethics of revolution have been forgotten, only money secures justice, officials often tolerate inhumane living and working conditions and countless lives are ruined ...
In these fictionalised accounts of actual events and people, BRUCE DALBRACK unveils the darker side of the Chinese economic miracle, and the important messages this holds for the future.
ISBN 962-86740-3-X, October 2004
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Oil changes everything. Tess was a runaway, trying to survive as a bar girl. Mike was a fugitive from his past, exploring for oil. His knowledge of the disputed waters of the South China Sea were worth millions. She became the pawn to buy his silence. Then she would die. Love and determination was all they had to stay alive ... and stay together.
OLIVER SANTEZ is a petroleum geology consultant, currently based in Singapore, who has lived in and out of South East Asia for the last two decades. He has worked on drilling rigs in the South China Sea and has been involved in many oil and gas projects in the region.
ISBN 962-86740-4-8, September 2004
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With an audience of countless millions in more than 80 countries around the world, the Thames Television series Minder was one of Britain's top television programmes of the 1980s. The show ran for 15 years and 108 episodes, and is still gaining new fans as it is released on video and DVD.
What made the programme tick? Who were the people involved? Who played whom in a particular episode? The answers are all here in Brian Hawkins' entertaining and comprehensive look at The Phenomenon that was Minder.
"The only guide to Minder you'll ever need." -- George Cole ("Arthur Daley")
"Hugely entertaining and informative; the essential Minder companion." -- Patrick Malahide ("Sergeant Chisholm")
ISBN 962-86812-1-4, December 2002, GBP15.99
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This collection, Amy Lai's first book of poems, contains work already seen in small literary journals in England, as well as other poems, printed here for the first time … It gives us snapshots of perception relating to childhood and schooldays in Hong Kong, life at the Chinese University, and a more independent, if lonelier, adulthood as a Cambridge graduate student. Her voice seeks expression of the Hong Kong-British hybridities seen through Chinese eyes and as experienced by her modern Hong Kong sensibility. -- From the preface by Andrew Parkin
ISBN 962-86740-2-1, January 2004
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