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CONTENTS National Book Development Board 4th Floor Building E Department of Education Complex Meralco Avenue, Pasig City 1605 Metro Manila, Philippines © 2019 NATIONAL BOOK DEVELOPMENT BOARD All rights reserved. All works of authors and artists that appear in this publication are reserved. Printed and bound in the Philippines. National Book Development Board 4th Floor Building E Department of Education Complex Meralco Avenue, Pasig City 1605 Metro Manila, Philippines © 2019 NATIONAL BOOK DEVELOPMENT BOARD All rights reserved. All works of authors and artists that appear in this publication are reserved. Printed and bound in the Philippines. NBDB AT A GLAnce L OGICAL FRAMEWORK Mandate To promote the continuing development of the book publishing industry, to ensure an adequate supply of quality books for the global market. Republic Act No. 8047, or the Book Publishing Industry Development Act, stipulates the mandate of the National Book Development Board (NBDB) to: Ý Philippine Development Plan • Formulate, adopt, and implement the National Book Policy and the National Book Development Plan. • Expanding economic opportunities in industry and services • Provide capacity-building services for the agency’s through trabaho and negosyo stakeholders such as publishers, authors, printers, and other • Promoting Philippine culture and values publishing entities that need its support. • Promote investments in the book industry and develop markets Ý Program for both domestic and international. • Administer incentives geared towards encouraging the • Local book publishing industry program production of excellent and affordable books. Ý Organizational Outcome Vision • Increase in revenue • Increase in titles National Book Development Board is the leading catalyst • Increase in manuscripts for building a culture of reading and authorship as well as an environment for the growth of the book publishing industry towards making it globally competitive. Ý Activities • Public campaigns • Capacity building services Mission • Incentives administration services • Investment promotion and market development services To promote the continuing development of the book publishing industry, to ensure an adequate supply of quality books for the global market. 4 NBDB 2018 ANNUAL REPORT NBDB 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 5 NBDB AT A GLAnce LOGICAL FRAMEWORK Mandate To promote the continuing development of the book publishing industry, to ensure an adequate supply of quality books for the global market. Republic Act No. 8047, or the Book Publishing Industry Development Act, stipulates the mandate of the National Book Development Board (NBDB) to: Ý Philippine Development Plan • Formulate, adopt, and implement the National Book Policy and the National Book Development Plan. • Expanding economic opportunities in industry and services • Provide capacity-building services for the agency’s through trabaho and negosyo stakeholders such as publishers, authors, printers, and other • Promoting Philippine culture and values publishing entities that need its support. • Promote investments in the book industry and develop markets Ý Program for both domestic and international. • Administer incentives geared towards encouraging the • Local book publishing industry program production of excellent and affordable books. Ý Organizational Outcome Vision • Increase in revenue • Increase in titles National Book Development Board is the leading catalyst • Increase in manuscripts for building a culture of reading and authorship as well as an environment for the growth of the book publishing industry towards making it globally competitive. Ý Activities • Public campaigns • Capacity building services Mission • Incentives administration services • Investment promotion and market development services To promote the continuing development of the book publishing industry, to ensure an adequate supply of quality books for the global market. 4 NBDB 2018 ANNUAL REPORT NBDB 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 5 M ESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR NBDB 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 7 MessAGE FROM THE CHAIR NBDB 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 7 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR MGR ESSA E F OM THE CHAIR am pleased to present the 2018 Annual Report of the National Book Development On behalf of the NBDB Governing Board, I thank the staff and our many partners from Board. Every year is a challenge for an agency such as ours with grand ambitions and the public and private sectors for their commitment to our mission of making quality books a modest budget. Last year was no exception. However, we are always growing and available and accessible to all Filipinos. adaptingI to the current milieu in which book publishers continue to compete for the attention of readers. Many thanks also go to you, our valued stakeholders, for your unyielding support and confidence in the little agency that could. A major highlight from last year was the presentation of the 2017 Readership Survey, the first readership survey to be fully funded by the agency. With the coordinated partnership of the Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute, the NBDB designed a study that would determine the most pressing concerns of Filipino readers. This survey is a jump-off Sincerely, point toward better research and data gathering, which will guide our stakeholders and other partners in formulating better strategies toward the creation of books and the development of readership across the country. Flor Marie Sta. Romana-Cruz Chair of the Governing Board We also continue to expand the reach of our local activities such as literary festivals, storytelling sessions, and other capacity-building sessions. Our Booklatan sa Bayan series remains one of our flagship events, wherein NBDB travels to the regions to bring workshops to students and content creators in the regions. The Philippine International Literary Festival has also evolved to cater to a wider set of readers and creatives. For the 9th PILF, we set out a call for proposals to diversify our program and feature different aspects of literature and publishing, including editing, film adaptations, storytelling through gaming, and reading for the visually-impaired. Philippine literature is also breaking onto international shores. Through the cooperation of publishers and creators, the Philippines conducted another successful exposition at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest and oldest marketplace for books. Besides mounting the usual country stand, the Philippines hosted a business matching session, talks with Philippine authors sponsored by the National Commission on Culture and the Arts, and even a food tasting session by a Philippine cookbook publisher. We ended the year with a Philippine stand at the International Children’s Content Rights Fair in Thailand in order to boost visibility of children’s titles in the ASEAN region. In the future, we hope to send a Philippine delegation to international trade fairs in London, Hong Kong, and Abu Dhabi. Of course, our participation at these different fairs is due in no small part to Senator Loren Legarda whose initiatives have resulted in NBDB’s increased budget for international affairs. We owe Sen. Legarda our deepest gratitude. These are only some of the agency’s accomplishments for 2018. Enclosed in the following pages is a more detailed account of how the NBDB has faced up to this year’s many Herculean labors. 8 NBDB 2018 ANNUAL REPORT NBDB 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 9 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR MGR ESSA E F OM THE CHAIR am pleased to present the 2018 Annual Report of the National Book Development On behalf of the NBDB Governing Board, I thank the staff and our many partners from Board. Every year is a challenge for an agency such as ours with grand ambitions and the public and private sectors for their commitment to our mission of making quality books a modest budget. Last year was no exception. However, we are always growing and available and accessible to all Filipinos. adaptingI to the current milieu in which book publishers continue to compete for the attention of readers. Many thanks also go to you, our valued stakeholders, for your unyielding support and confidence in the little agency that could. A major highlight from last year was the presentation of the 2017 Readership Survey, the first readership survey to be fully funded by the agency. With the coordinated partnership of the Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute, the NBDB designed a study that would determine the most pressing concerns of Filipino readers. This survey is a jump-off Sincerely, point toward better research and data gathering, which will guide our stakeholders and other partners in formulating better strategies toward the creation of books and the development of readership across the country. Flor Marie Sta. Romana-Cruz Chair of the Governing Board We also continue to expand the reach of our local activities such as literary festivals, storytelling sessions, and other capacity-building sessions. Our Booklatan sa Bayan series remains one of our flagship events, wherein NBDB travels to the regions to bring workshops to students and content creators in the regions. The Philippine International Literary Festival has also evolved to cater to a wider set of readers and creatives. For the 9th PILF, we set out a call for proposals to diversify our program and feature different aspects of literature and publishing, including editing, film adaptations, storytelling through gaming, and reading for the visually-impaired. Philippine literature is also breaking onto international shores. Through the cooperation of