Welcome to Streetprint Manila

Streetprint Manila is a research project that is part of a larger research endeavour called “Six Continents and Between”. Initiated by Prof. Gary Kelly of the University of Alberta, 6CAB seeks to investigate popular print culture across various geographical, sociocultural, and ethnolinguistic contexts. More specifically, it aims to look at reading patterns and preferences of the Filipino Everyman, or those whom we would largely consider members of the “masa” class.

Flipside and Digital Publishing in the Philippines

The site sought to address both distribution and payment issues: specifically, it was device-agnostic (it did not matter what device one had) and allowed at least three payment methods (credit card, mobile phone payment, cash, over-the-counter bank payments). At around that time, two other companies also sought to ease distribution of e-books locally, namely Summit Publishing and Vibal Publishing House.

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