In this digital age, technology continues to change the way books are created and enjoyed, drawing out the written word from the printed page to now an increasingly popular medium for reading: electronic books!

Heeding the call of changing times, Vibal Foundation comes up with Vee Press, its digital imprint, launched recently at the Manila International Book Fair.

With over a hundred e-book titles, Vee Press introduces the Philippines to world-class e-book production and distribution, accessible to digital readers and mobile internet devices such as the the iPad, Kindle and Sony E-Reader.

With instant access to iBookstore and the Amazon Kindle Store, readers are just a few days away from 24/7 worldwide distribution.

FROM P40. TO P500., FROM CLASSICS TO PINOY ROMANCE

Vee Press kicks off with an extensive selection of e-books from a variety of genres.
The Filipiniana Clasica line features classic works of literature and Filipiniana in new electronic editions, including canonical literature, folklore collections and metrical romances, travelogues and memoirs, biographies, historical fiction, and historical writings.

Filipiniana Clasica titles include “Florante at Laura” by Francisco Baltazar; “Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo” by Jose Rizal, “Ibong Adarna,” “Bernardo Carpio,” “Travels in the Philippines” by Feodor Jagor, “The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon” by Cornelis de Witt Wilcox, “Lineage, Life and Labors of Dr. Jose Rizal” by Austin C. Craig; “”The Woman with a Stone Heart: A romance of the Philippine War” by Oscar William Coursey, “Medicinal Plants of the Philippines” by Trinidad Pardo de Tavera, and 30 volumes of Blair and Robertson’s “The Philippine Islands,” 1493-1898.

Vee Press revives rare and little-studied works of the country’s foremost fictionists of the early 20th century with its Nobelang Tagalog line, with titles such as “Ninay” by Pedro Paterno, “Si Tandang Bacio Macunat” by Miguel Lucio y Bustamante, “Nena at Neneng” by Valeriano Hernandez-Pena, and “Ang Mga Anak Dalita” by Patricio Mariano.

Vibal Foundation’s stunning art book series, Arte Filipino, is also available in digital format, with biographical and analytical essays by top scholars and critics brought to life with drawings, paintings, photographs, and other evocative visuals.

Titles in this series include essays from the books “The Life and Art of PressBotong Francisco” and “The Life and Art of Francisco Coching,” such as “Botong Francisco: A Short Life” and “Francisco Coching: A Short Life” by D.M. Reyes; “Botong, Edades, and Ocampo: The Triumvirate of Modern Philippine Art” by Alice G. Guillermo; and “Francisco Coching and the Tagalog Novels” by Soledad S. Reyes.

The Academica Filipina line covers enhanced digital versions of thought-provoking critical anthologies, academic books and pioneering scholarly works, such as selections from “More Pinay Than We Admit” and “More Hispanic Than We Admit.”

Meanwhile Kontemporanea spans fresh, quirky and unique fiction, non-fiction and poetry, including “Touched by an Angel” by Noemi Lardizabal-Dado, “Lamang” by Edgar Calabia Samar, and “The Kobayashi-Maru of Love” by Carljoe Javier. Pinoy Romansa novels are also available, with works by Gilda Olvidado, Glady Gimena, Gillian Mercelino, Josie Aventurado, Maia Jose, and many more. Electronic editions of Vibal’s Chikiting Books are also available from Vee Press.

Vee Press also compiles electronic issues of articles from the web magazine “The Philippine Online Chronicles” (http://thepoc.net). Uploads are priced from P40. to P500.

For a complete listing of titles, and more information about Vee Press, log on to http://www.vibalfoundation.org/books/vee-press/, email books@vibalfoundation.org, or call Ela de Leon at 416-8460.