Writer and teacher believes having internet access can’t be considered anti-book reading

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00:00Reading a book never goes out of style.

00:05And though the advent of Kindle and similar reading applications

00:08put millions of pieces of literature and reading materials

00:11available to one's fingertips,

00:13there will always be people who appreciate turning a leaf or page

00:17or going to a library to quietly immerse themselves.

00:20Much like when the Egyptians went gaga on the discovery of papyrus

00:24and the world turned crazy good upon Gutenberg's invention

00:27of the printing press, as our Gab Rumilde reports.

00:32In these changing times and the relentless pace of technology development,

00:35many of us still read books or even e-books.

00:38For Edgar Calabia-Samar, a writer and teacher,

00:41having access to the internet cannot be considered as anti-book reading.

00:45When I read a book, it reminds me that I don't need to make a step

00:52in the lives of these people until I reach the end.

00:55Or sometimes, even if I reach the end,

00:58my realization is that I cannot give a statement about their lives.

01:04The only thing I can give is an understanding of the lives of these people.

01:09And this is an important reminder that I don't need an opinion, judgment, or statement,

01:16but an opportunity to listen to the stories of others.

01:19Maybe this is the important thing that reading reminds us.

01:23For romance author Mina, the internet also gives people access to reading materials like books.

01:28She said Filipinos are hopeless romantics who like to read stories about love which abound online.

01:34It is not online content versus books.

01:38These stories start online.

01:40We are writing online.

01:42We are selling our books digitally.

01:44The internet is a way to actually get stories.

01:47And then, this is the next stage.

01:49Like, where do you get the book?

01:51According to National Book Development Board Executive Director Charisse Aquino-Tugade,

01:56most of the books in bookstores and libraries are English titled and published internationally

02:01with only a few locally titled and published books found on bookshelves.

02:05The reason being is it's difficult to find our own titles.

02:10It's difficult to find bookstores and libraries that carry our own.

02:14We wanted to give them a space.

02:16Tugade also found that 80% of the books purchased by the Department of Education

02:21over the long period are not locally written and published.

02:24Therefore, the Department of Education has set aside P925 million

02:29to purchase Philippine trade books and textbooks.

02:32One of the steps the NBDB has undertaken to encourage more locally authored and published literature

02:38inside and outside the country is to collaborate with various government agencies.

02:42They shifted policy so that Filipino books would have primacy.

02:47So, that new policy that came out last year, that's a very, very big win to move.

02:52Now, the NBDB, as we try to saturate our Philippine market, we're also going international.

03:02Also, the NBDB has many programs to make books cheaper and more affordable for the ordinary one,

03:09such as granting subsidies and tax incentives to those in the value chain.

03:13Likewise, the NBDB is scheduled to hold the 3rd Philippine Book Festival this March,

03:20which is the largest marketplace for published Filipino books in the country.

03:24Since 2023, the annual book festival has drawn over 75,000 attendees.

03:30Gab Mildevillegas from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.

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