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So, here's the presentation I showed during my section in National Book Development Board's Limbag Kapihan for writers. In it are the results for the Filipino Reading Habits Survey I conducted last Feb. One caveat I will emphasize: this is an informal survey, and I am no statistician. I am, however, a very curious individual, and I like facts and statistics. Hence, the survey. The rest of the caveats you'll find in the presentation. The first few slides are mostly pictures of the different activities Filipino readers are up to, at least those within my zone of awareness. And I think while I was showing these, my main message was: Can we please stop saying that Filipinos aren't readers? Please. Look at the pics. Look at the sites. Look at the stats. I mean, sure, our readership isn't like the readership in other countries, but I would say it's a stretch to say Filipinos don't read or don't read a lot. Anyway, I'll let the presentation sp...

Partial result of Question 4 In case you're a Filipino reader in my network and haven't seen this yet, well, here it is: The Filipino Reading Habits Survey Here's the introductory spiel of the survey to explain who is doing this and why: Hello. I'm Honey de Peralta, a former editor, some-time author, full-time publisher, and all-time reader. I'm doing this Reading Habit Survey in preparation for a panel discussion organized by the National Book Development Board - Philippines on March 3. In it, I'll be sharing what I know about the Filipino reading groups but also Filipino readers.  And so, I'd like your help in representing Filipino readers well. If you could take 5-10 minutes to take this survey, I'd really appreciate it. I'll be closing this survey on Feb. 28 and will be sharing the results with the public (via my blog, http://fantaghiro23.blogspot.com) on the evening of March 3. I'm hoping it'll give us and other members of t...