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Book Blockade Broken
Stick a fork in it: the Book Blockade is done. Here's the report in the Philippine Star via Bibliophile Stalker (who first heard it from Robin Hemley's Twitter):
Taxes on book imports lifted
By Paolo Romero Updated May 25, 2009 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - President Arroyo ordered yesterday the Department of Finance to scrap the taxes imposed on ( Read more... ) -
[BaTa] GBB: Really!?! Edition (Snark Alert)
I was a litigation lawyer. We're trained to go through the opposing counsel's arguments one by one and rip each to shreds. Dangling a weak argument in front of a litigation lawyer is like throwing a rare steak in front of a shark--they'll try to resist, but they simply cannot--it is their nature.
Mine too I guess. Mine still.
I wrote this post last ( Read more... ) -
Komikon Summer Fiesta 2009
The Komikon Summer Fiesta was a blast: I've put up my thoughts and photos of the event over at Bahay Talinhaga, as well as a list of links to other post-event coverage that I've found on the interwebs. For my non-Filipino friends (or Filipinos who've never been to a komikon) "Komiks" is our term for locally made/Filipino made comics and the Komikon ( Read more... ) -
A Non-Trekkie's View of Star Trek
I never got into Star Trek in any of its incarnations, although of course anyone who immerses himself in sci fi will gain knowledge of its more evident characteristics and tropes if only through osmosis ( Read more... ) -
Update on the Great Book Blockade (added: BDAP Position Paper)
I've updated my post with some new developments, pertinent portions are here:
Robin Hemley, the author of the McSweeney article, has sent an email to the Bibliophile Stalker regarding the matter. Read the entire thing and Charles' reactions here, but here are some important points raised:
- Virtually all AIR shipments of books into the Philippines ( Read more... )
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Legal Analysis on The Great Book Blockade
Thanks to the post on the Philippine Genre Stories blog a lot of us here in the Philippines have become aware of an article written by Robin Hemley, who is spending a year on a Guggenheim Fellowship in the Philippines. In sum the article, The Great Book Blockade of 2009, alleges that the Bureau of Customs is attempting to impose a duty on imported ( Read more... ) -
Palancas and Placements
Clawing my way back to the land of the living, having submitted my three Palanca entries yesterday (For my non-Filipino friends, that's sort of... the local literary equivalent of the Oscars). On my way out of the building, my IBP ID (think of it as the lawyer's equivalent of a sheriff's badge) caught on the garter of my shorts and literally fell ( Read more... ) -
A Week of Rejection (but a Week of Completion)
So, the long and short of it is that I've gotten replies to the first two stories I've ever sent to international publications, and the results were (see title).
[Actually I'd sent one earlier but that had been an old story sent on a whim rather than one specifically made for that market so I don't count that :P]
The first was a rejection I got for ( Read more... )
