As a predominantly Asia-resident member of this community who has passed through many of the countries I find this post rather interesting. I suggest changing the title to make the subject more obvious - I nearly skipped it.

However, I am going to be honest: I think the horrible truth here is that there is no 'startup scene' in most of these countries, no 'serviced apartments' in the places 'to meet the post people'. The claimed contents themselves betray a distinct lack of understanding of the host cultures through an American perspective.

Quite simply, these products look far too much like smoke and mirrors with external cultural baggage to boot.

As someone who as actually run a startup in China, for instance, the contents are a joke. No mention of the most important areas of consideration, overemphasis of things that are irrelevant.

So what the hell is this? They are hiring. Job description: "Find a few real estate people. Ask what’s the best place for a new business to locate." ... subtext: publish that as fact.

Come on... this is lowly. Just because you have some money to spam-market quick-e-books with doesn't mean you are the arbiter of truth. Hire a real writer, do some real research, and be honest about it. Without quality, there is little point in publishing.

Fail.