![]() ![]() Cloud Bookshop also found it difficult to acquire books from their suppliers. The cafe offers their signature Pili Macchiato and Bicol Express Cannelloni. The second floor of Savage Mind (in the Lirag ancestral house) is a cafe which the bookstore partnered with Tugawe Cove. Traveling with books in an eight hour drive gives me some sense of accomplishing this special mission.” But due to the traveling restrictions brought upon by the lockdowns, the bookstore put a halt to their acquisition of books from Manila, and focused their efforts on selling the books from their benefactors that were on-hand. “I really wish to participate in the intellectual and cultural life of Naga, so I would do these things just to make these accessible here. Kristian Sendon Cordero, Deputy Director of the Ateneo de Naga University Press and owner of independent bookstore and art space Savage Mind, used to manually transport books from Manila to his bookstore in Naga. With limited raw materials and downsized presses, the books supply chain was left unprepared for this unexpected demand. “Capacity issues at some of the printing companies have added complexity to meeting the surging demand for print books, which are seeing unprecedented levels of popularity,” says Jennifer Javier, Penguin Random House Associate Sales Director for Southeast Asia. Many of them met some difficulty in maintaining a steady supply of stock. How could bookstores continue to fill their shelves in a world that stopped moving?Īccording to publishers, the demand for books only increased as the letters changed in our community quarantines. This was a challenge for an industry that had tangible printed books as their products. The workforce stayed at home, logged on to Zoom, and hoarded toilet paper as an attempt to hide from this monster. ![]() The limited knowledge on COVID-19 turned the novel coronavirus into a boogeyman. So is the loss of these branches really indicative of the state of our bookstores, or have we just lost too much already? To answer this question, we asked bookstores, publishers, and industry professionals for their insights on how the Philippine book industry has coped in the last two years.īefore the vaccines and rapid tests came along, the whole world was at a standstill. Over the course of these two years, people have had to bid goodbyes to their loved ones, move from workplace to workplace, and watch from afar as their favorite establishments close their doors for the last time. Fully Booked remains where readers can find their next great read.”īut if there’s one thing we’ve gained during the pandemic, it’s the acute sensitivity for loss. “We are fully committed to always offer the widest range of books possible to our customers. If a store doesn’t do well, on to the next. ![]() ![]() The store is located across La Salle Taft, and with remote learning still in effect, there are hardly any customers visiting the store since March of 2020 as the traffic there is mainly from the student population.” Even before the pandemic, low foot traffic was reasonable grounds for the closure of a branch. As Jaime Daez, founder and managing director of Fully Booked, clarified to CNN Philippines Life: “One of the stores (in Taft Avenue) has actually been closed since August of 2021. The closure of a branch is part of the lifecycle of a retail store. HCdo6xdFkn- Fully Booked January 13, 2022 Our branch at S Maison will be closed temporarily until further notice. If you were a frequenter at these branches, we still hope to see you at our other branches and at A few of our branches are closing their doors forever on the following dates. ![]()
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