Inside the Philippine Book Market: trends, insights, and the genres shaping it
Discover the Philippine book market! This session is for publishers looking to learn about the current landscape of the Philippine book market, through expert insight on how certain genres and trends have shaped it into one of the most robust and dynamic in Southeast Asia.
Publisher Andrea Pasion-Flores provides a situationer of the Philippine book market, covering the genres that have seen increased production in the past years such as translation into local languages, nonfiction, and children’s books. Meanwhile, author and publisher Mina Esguerra will talk about how the Philippine romance fiction sector has become one of the fastest growing and productive markets in Philippine publishing, paving the way for increased cross-media adaptations and placing new and exciting Philippine content on the map.