Free the BOOK from its Physical Form with VIBE, Philippines' first e-Bookstore

Mark your calendars on November 24, 2011! Download the VIBE app from www.vibebookstore.com.

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PART 2.

VIBE Electronic Bookstore Launch on October 5, 2011
Venue: Kape at Teknolohiya, Technology Business Incubator
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Featured Speaker: Gaspar "Gus" Vibal, Executive Director of Vibal Foundation
Introduction by Michi Barcelon, Ayala Foundation

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VIBE Philippines E-Bookstore

Philippine Books, all in the cloud. Anywhere. Anytime. On any device.

VIBE is the first Philippine electronic bookstore. With VIBE, Filipinos will be able to access and buy all kinds of reading material through their smartphones and computing devices. VIBE is also the name of a reading application (app) that can be downloaded for free and installed on PCs (first quarter of 2012). Mac computers (first quarter of 2012), Android devices, iPhones, and iPads.

Inspired by the National Book Development Board's Booklatan sa Bayan program, Vibal Foundation, in partnership with Vibe Technologies Inc., is using this cloud-computing project to make available to the reading public a wide range of newly-published, out of print, or public domain book titles. The project addresses the issues of high prices, fragmented distribution channels, and delayed time to market, which are faced by all printed matter in the Philippines. VIBE is also a wonderful tool for independent publishers and authors who wish to sell their works directly to the public.

VIBAL FOUNDATION believes that a love of books and learning can enrich the lives of Filipinos everywhere. Along with its partner organizations, the foundation nurtures the Filipino reader and helps them access the richness of Philippine culture and heritage through traditional and non-traditional channels. Education and literacy programs, digital publishing innovations, and acclaimed books on Philippine art and history by premier writers and scholars --- all these tie in with the foundation's slogan, "Open Books, Open Minds."

VIBAL FOUNDATION is the corporate philanthropy of VIBAL PUBLISHING HOUSE, one of the leading educational publishers in the Philippines.

VIBE TECHNOLOGIES INC. is committed to delivering innovative and cost-effective technologies and services to the Philippine publishing industry. VIBE's goal is to be the technology partner of choice for Philippine educational, trade, magazine, and newspaper publishers, helping them compete, evolve, and grow in an increasingly complex market.

VIBE TECHNOLOGIES INC. is the technology subsidiary of VIBAL PUBLISHING HOUSE.


Visit www.VibeBookStore.com to know more about VIBE or email info@vibebookstore.com

Address: 1253 G. Araneta Avenue
Quezon City 1104 Philippines
Tel. +63 (2) 712-9156 to 9159, local 343
Fax. +63 (2) 416-8460

VIBE is a project of Vibal Foundation
www.VibalFoundation.org

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This video was taken during VIBE's Launch on October 5, 2011.
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