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[Aaron Vincent]

Hi Cienne,

great to have you here. I just hope that the bookstore you are working for is FB or PB(and since you said that it has a cozy ambiance, I am pretty sure its just the two cause who will say that NBS has a cozy ambiance) :) You said that you guys are the first to know when is a book will come out here in Phil but whenever I ask a PB or FB staff when is this book will be put on sale they always tell me that they don't know. I am following a lot of series so I always ask when is the release date of this and that from time to time.

Hi Denise,

me loves vanilla ice cream too. Works with almost everything. :)

Hi Casey,

I'm half psycho, half bipolar and half autistic. We're on the same club! :)

[Aaron Vincent]

Hi Bluemoon!!

Welcome to our Geeky Group!! Enjoy!!






:P hahahaha., Just kidding

[Mina]

Hello, everyone!

My name is Mina, and I'm new to Goodreads (newer still to the groups!). I'm a writer (one book published with Summit, another with the Kindle store), but was a reader for much, much longer, so I'm glad I wandered in here and found so many of you who feel the same way. :) I have a lot of posts to catch up on!

Some basics about my reading habits: Started with Sweet Valley Twins (#2 Teacher's Pet!), then graduated into SVH, Nancy Drew, Sweet Dreams. Super favorite from that era: Christopher Pike. I still have most of his books! Can't bear to give them away. Right now, I love: Neil Gaiman's Smoke and Mirrors, Time Traveler's Wife, The End of the Affair, The Beach, Life of Pi, and most recently Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Also a "batang Booksale". 90% of books I purchase are from there. (Love Fully Booked and Powerbooks too, but I buy there mostly books I give as gifts, bihira yung for myself.) Now I've gotten serious about ebook reading, because I spend so much time during the day just waiting for things (my ride home, bank tellers, etc etc). But I still have a good old-fashioned book on my nightstand that I read a bit of every night. (That's Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco right now.)

Looking forward to the group's book discussions. :)

Mina

[Mina]

Tina wrote: "(I can't remember if I posted in this thread back when I first joined and it's kind of hard to look for it in case I did...soooo here I go)

Hi everyone! I've been a member of this Goodreads and th..."

Lovely seeing you here!

[Apokripos]

Hi Mina!

Welcome to the Filipino Groups!

Wow! Another "Batang Booksale!"

Well hope you'll have a grand time here and loads of fun!


My warm regards and happy reading! ^_^

[Aaron Vincent]

Hi Mina!

Welcome to our Geeky Group!!

Mina as in Carmina Esguerra?? Any chance that you worked for DCPL??? Cause I know a Carmina Esguerra that worked for DCPL in Makati.

[Mina]

Thanks, Bluemoon and jzhunagev!

Aaron Vincent: I don't think so! :) But apparently common nga yung name ko, haha.

[jamaicaska]

Hello and Welcome, Mina! :)

[Casey]

hahaha thanks for welcoming me guys...

[Cienne]

Haha, maybe in a meet-up, i will reveal the name of the company and maybe schedule of sale and perks will be revealed too... but that definitely will require a favor from all of you... by the way, just in case there are IE's and IT's out there, a book lover (obviously) and wants to work in a bookstore, let me know... we need you guys here... i'm sure you'll agree, huge pile of books, stocks of books everywhere, discounts and employee sale are all enticing...

[Casey]

please consider me Cienne^^

[Ace]

Cienne wrote: "Haha, maybe in a meet-up, i will reveal the name of the company and maybe schedule of sale and perks will be revealed too... but that definitely will require a favor from all of you... by the way, ..."

Is the position for full-time?

[Apokripos]

Ace wrote: "Is the position for full-time?"

Mukhang nagbabalak ka, Ace...

[Cienne]

Mina wrote: "Hello, everyone!

My name is Mina, and I'm new to Goodreads (newer still to the groups!). I'm a writer (one book published with Summit, another with the Kindle store), but was a reader for much, mu..."

nice to know that there are still self-confessed sweet valley readers here... i miss the twins so much!

and i love summit books! :) will definitely have your book in the line-up of must-read books!

[Aaron Vincent]

Cienne common, give us a clue!! does it starts with the letter F? or P? or I??

[Apokripos]

Maybe the clue is, it got the word book on it...

Ahahaha!

[insert sly grin:] ^_^

[Cienne]

hahaha... i'm serious about the job ha... meron bang send a private message dito? send me a message if you're interested about the job... if i say it here, i might get fired... or might cause me in trouble, haha.. anyway, this are all just an experiment that apparently like facebook nag-enjoy ako. my boss knows that i joined... and they are all curious too about what you guys want... so again thank you for all your inputs, the changes that's happening now with the store are all for you... whatever suits you, we wanted to meet it as much as possible...

[Casey]

Aaron Vincent wrote: "Cienne common, give us a clue!! does it starts with the letter F? or P? or I??"
I dont have the patience in waiting for the clue to reveal.. I guess we should force Cienne. hahaha

[Ace]

Cienne wrote: "hahaha... i'm serious about the job ha... meron bang send a private message dito? send me a message if you're interested about the job... if i say it here, i might get fired... or might cause me in..."

What's your real name Cienne?

[Aaron Vincent]

I guess we deserve a prize for being your company's guinea pigs. just kidding. :)

[Ace]

jzhunagev wrote: "Ace wrote: "Is the position for full-time?"

Mukhang nagbabalak ka, Ace..."

Tinatanong ko nga yung mga taga Powerbooks kung paano mag apply, ayaw naman nila akong seryosohin, wala daw akong gagawin dun kung hindi magbasa lang... sabi ko nga sa kanila, magtratrabaho ako ng libre eh... seryoso ako nung sinabi ko yun. hehehe!

[Cienne]

i need your resumes then... send it to me... please... please... cienne_sheynn@yahoo.com

i'm serious!

[Cienne]

prizes... hmmm... let's see...

[Ace]

Cienne wrote: "Mina wrote: "Hello, everyone!

My name is Mina, and I'm new to Goodreads (newer still to the groups!). I'm a writer (one book published with Summit, another with the Kindle store), but was a reader..."

You should be proud of where you are working, Cienne... come on, tell us now, and be proud. hehehe! ;)

[Apokripos]

Ohhh Cienee...

As a conspiracy theorist I think you're doing a marketing strategy for certain bookstore out there...

Well then it's a good one knowing the feelings of the grass roots and all...

I hope this will be for the good of customers i.e. bookworms like us, in terms of better services and in the name of affordable books...

just my bit...

[Apokripos]

Casey wrote: "I dont have the patience in waiting for the clue to reveal.. I guess we should force Cienne. hahaha!"

On your cue guys!

Since I'm a Death Eater maybe I'll cast the Cruciatus Curse! on her and she might give in and tell us, eh?
Bwahahaha! :D

[Casey]

weeee I love prizes.... I wonder what are those...^^

[Cienne]

i'm proud... it's just that... it's not appropriate to say here... hahaha

[Casey]

jzhunagev wrote: "Casey wrote: "I dont have the patience in waiting for the clue to reveal.. I guess we should force Cienne. hahaha!"

On your cue guys!

Since I'm a Death Eater maybe I'll cast the Cruciatus Curse! ..."


hahaha nice one!! Do want more Cienne?? I guess this phony guy out here knows a lot of spells.. Lol!

[Cienne]

if ever you need chess book titles or any titles, let me know the ISBN, and we'll see if we can order for you... naks naman! may instant customer service na kayo dito!

[Apokripos]

Cienne wrote: "i'm proud... it's just that... it's not appropriate to say here... hahaha"


Arrghh! I should've known it!

You're under an Unbreakable Vow!

Well, it's gonna be hard to wheedle that information out of you I guess... seeing that your life will be at stake and all...

[Ace]

Cienne wrote: "i need your resumes then... send it to me... please... please... cienne_sheynn@yahoo.com

i'm serious!"

you even use a free e-mail :) you're being careful huh! :)

[Aaron Vincent]

Hey, why is it not appropriate?! You can promote whatever bookstore here. Spill it! Nobody would mind. :)

[Cienne]

if you guys are so so so interested... i can tell it in private... hahaha

[Ace]

Cienne wrote: "if you guys are so so so interested... i can tell it in private... hahaha"

are you really willing to give us all a private message? It's a lot of effort, I tell you, because everybody here is curious on which bookstore you're working for. :)

[Apokripos]

Ace wrote: "are you really willing to give us all a private message? It's a lot of effort, I tell you, because everybody here is curious on which bookstore you're working for. :)"

Agree!

That'll be a lot of effor on your part Cienne...

just one post with that one answer and we'll stop bugging you...

[Aaron Vincent]

Shoot. We're talking about bookstores on the splurges thread. Cienne would be able to read those.!!

Common Cienne, spill it. It's really not fair.!! :)

[Ace]

I'll stop bugging her na... hahaha!

[Cienne]

haha... well, it depends actually, every time you request for the title at the customer service they record it, if it gets a certain # of hits, they will order in bulk... so i guess the trick here is to constantly ask the book title at the customer service... if you don't want it pre-ordered... 3 to 6 weeks to re-order again... well, i think, it's a lot cheaper to buy here than it is with shipping cost and all... what i learned here is that, book business is not easy... the replenishment side is just too risky, that's the reason why books are a bit pricey... if only you guys would see the mountain pile of bargain books (those were dead stocks, or if you're lucky you'd come across a slightly damaged good book/big title book)

[Cienne]

Ace wrote: "I'll stop bugging her na... hahaha!"

hahaha... update me ha! ako i'm really interested... baka working part-time will do... will ask my boss

[Aaron Vincent]

Yeah, that's what I do. For example, I already asked a branch if they have a certain kind of book and they will say no, then I'll ask them if other branches has a copy and even if they say no, I will still go to another branch and ask again the same questions. It's really pretty hard getting the books I want to read. Most of my friends that I trust their judgment on books are from US and the availability of books here is pretty scarce compare to the the bookstores there.

I'm just a little heartbroken with the bookstores[both the F and the P:] here. I keep on asking if they already got The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Hairstyles of the Damned for two to three months already, and until now they don't have.

[Ace]

Aaron Vincent wrote: "Yeah, that's what I do. For example, I already asked a branch if they have a certain kind of book and they will say no, then I'll ask them if other branches has a copy and even if they say no, I wi..."

I got my copy of "The Perks of being a Wallflower" in Powerbooks and alam ko maraming stock niyan sa NBS.

[Aaron Vincent]

I already went to PB Megamall, Ermita, Greenbelt, Glorietta, Trinoma, Shangrila as well as FB North, Trinoma, Greenbelt, Powerplant, Shangrila, Gateway and also NBS Ermita, Megamall, Trinoma, North, Glorietta, Gateway. Unfortunately neither one of those got a copy available.

[Cienne]

As for the hard to find books, the only way for us to really know this books exist is if you guys would feed us the information. The sad truth is that not all will be served. Some of the reasons that I have learned is that, publishers tend to give "credit limit", most of the time masyado maliit kaya yung rarefinds madalas de-prioritize... sad fact, mas binibili at mas umiikot kasi ang pera sa bestsellers... of course, it is a goal in mind to cater all your wishlist, kaya we are looking for opportunities to max out the revenues so we can afford to buy more books, wider selection... if tumataas ang benta... there is a huge chance na tumaas din ang credit limit... it's a give and take process... :)

[Apokripos]

Cienne wrote: "As for the hard to find books, the only way for us to really know this books exist is if you guys would feed us the information. The sad truth is that not all will be served. Some of the reasons th..."

Nice insight about the book business, Cienne. Really I'm learning lots...

[Ace]

Aaron Vincent wrote: "I already went to PB Megamall, Ermita, Greenbelt, Glorietta, Trinoma, Shangrila as well as FB North, Trinoma, Greenbelt, Powerplant, Shangrila, Gateway and also NBS Ermita, Megamall, Trinoma, North..."

Hey! tumawag ako sa national, meron daw nag-iisang copy sa greenhills. pinatawag ko na dun yung sa taft branch para ipareseve na.

[Aaron Vincent]

baket ang lakas mo sa mga bookstores!!! ang saklap.!

[Ace]

Aaron Vincent wrote: "baket ang lakas mo sa mga bookstores!!! ang saklap.!"

kinakaibigan ko kasi sila eh... hehehe! kaya alam ko yung mga tsismis. lolz!

[Aaron Vincent]

Wait! Taft branch?? I already ask them way before, they said they don't have any stock.

[Ace]

Aaron Vincent wrote: "Wait! Taft branch?? I already ask them way before, they said they don't have any stock."

they found a copy from Greenhills, they'll call the greenhills branch to confirm if they do have it and will ask them to transfer it at their branch, I'll call them later...