Publish your own E-Books through Vibe Bookstore

Are you someone that not only likes reading books but also loves to write? Or probably someone that already have something in mind like a story or something you wrote for a subject. Then at this time and age technology can pretty much help someone like you(and me) to share your works via e-book, well it also has been my dream to publish a book of my own, be a well known author like what you see in popular bookstore stands. And honestly up until now, I still don't know what topic will best suite me, my personality my interests etc. I thought of something before that I think was a pretty good topic..its all about "Alak" and the benefits of 'Drinking'. Well, its kind of funny but its okay because that is one of the things that I would like to write about and share stories of me being drunk, things I do, like sleeping on where I sit and my friends taking pictures of me to capture that moment(also doing it to them if they got knocked out earlier than me) and the likes. Unfortunately someone already published a book after that topic so I have to think of another one...and it will be my hundredth time to do so if I remember it correctly, Good luck to me.

Anyway, I was able to check Vibe Bookstore and got some of their reading materials when I attended the iblog event in Malcom Hall UP Diliman yesterday. And this was the one that got stuck in my mind. That I can get a chance of publishing my own e-book via Vibe Bookstore service. Before I go further, lets take a look at Vibe Bookstore first.

What is Vibe Bookstore?
Lunch in 2011, Vibe is the first Philippine e-bookstore designed with the needs of the Philippine readers and publishers in mind. Their goal is to remove the barriers between authors and their readers, giving publishers access to a safe and secure platform that taps into the growing local and international e-book market.

Vibe uses the electronic publication or ePub format which is supported by a wide variety of e-book readers. In ePub format, the text is reflowable, which means that the layout of the text automatically adapts to the size and orientation of the window or screen. This makes it much easier to read on various mobile devices.

If you want to sell you books as an independent publisher you can sell those books to Vibe Bookstore which will convert your manuscript or pdf files into ePubs. You can also have the option of converting your e-books into interactive format adding engaging elements like audio, video, hyperlinks, or self-scoring exercises for a richer reading experience.

Files that you will send are secured because it will be stored on a central file server that acts as a vault and is only accessible to the individuals who need to work on the files. Vibe e-books are stored on a production server linked to a cloud server and can only be encrypted by using a unique digital certificate assigned to each Vibe store buyer. The server tracks these requests, allowing them to pinpoint anomalous activity and flag suspected pirates. The e-book file cannot be opened by a device without the assigned ID, and attempting to extract the contents of the file will produce only gibberish characters.

Aside from the security features that they have, they also have a way of tracking your e-book sales by accessing the sales reports upon logging into their account. Sales reports are updated and payments remitted on a scheduled basis. Vibe deducts only a 30 percent agency commission for retail sales

Now lets put ourselves in a readers perspective, when you log in to their website, you'll see a good variety of books. Most of the them that I noticed were children's book(Now that's probably one of the good things I haven't published a book about drinkers, not a good combination with children's book) and text books. In the website you can sign up for a free account and you can also download their app whether be android, ios or windows platform. At this time payment can be made though paypal and soon will use Smart Money and GCash.

I guess these are just the things I can share for now about Vibe Bookstore.

You can also check:

twitter: @vibebookstore
facebook: vibebookstore and vibalgroup


www.vibebookstore.com

For wholesale book transactions, please contact your Vibe account executive at 988-5800 local 359,
text: 09175049397 or send them an email at inquire@vibalgroup.com

Blossom Floral Spa - "Ginhawa" in Maginhawa Street

This Spa seems to live up with what Maginhawa street in Teacher's Village is which is well known for variety of restaurants and businesses that sprung up from the garage of home owners.















Let me start with the time I went there which was a hot noon. Which is some sort of preference at that time due to the fact that the spa is fully booked every after 5pm of every day which gave me an idea that I'm in the right place because people loved the spa so will I in a few minutes. After my group completed the attendance that is required of us, we then went ahead and tour the spa. Honestly I'm not too much of a spaholic kind of person, but I must say that the first thing that I've noticed was the design of each room which is Thai inspired with huge 3 bed capacity in each room, not sure how many though but It I think should be enough to cater a spa party of 15 with 2 to 3 person in each room. The place and the smell was really nice, made me relax just by being around the rooms. Each bed has its own lockers where you can place your stuff.

One of the eye catching piece that you'll see when you enter the spa

Although some of the residence mistakenly identifies the spa as a flowershop like what one of the staff mentioned, for me it still looks like a spa most specially upon entering the their glass door. There is a waiting area where it has a nice view of the outside.

To give you an idea of the inside here are some pictures I personally took to satisfy my angles in taking pictures on this :-)

And I will continue my story as soon as I got an update that on the list of services that they offer aside from the massage, facials, manicure, pedicure body scrub that me and my mates experienced.

You can also visit their facebook should you want to know more, its https://www.facebook.com/blossomfloralspaphilippines

Banzai: The Great Teppanyaki Theater in SM Mall of Asia

Great Japanese Buffet, this is what this restaurant is. Truly an authentic Japanese Food Experience which serves every popular Japanese Food that I can think of. Everything is served fresh(not reheated food), great ambiance in the bay area which can cater around 300 persons in this more than 1,000 sq. meters restaurant, and the best of what I've noticed is the Customer Experience Banzai is all-authentic Japanese.

Banzai have two in-house Japanese chefs, all the ingredients are from Japan and have high consideration on quality, food is prepared the Japanese way - cooked upon request, no warming dishes.

What I took personally as appetizer. Next to my plate is the Banzai gadget that alarmed after a few minutes telling me that Robatayaki is ready.

Just some of the desserts you can choose from.

Salad Station

Ingredients were displayed and highlighted in the restaurant which gives you a better idea of what the ingredients are of whatever is in the menu, or there is a another option for you. You can ask the chef or the person in each station of what type of food you are eating and the contents of the food.

All-you-cn -eat buffet with a wide selection of Japanese cuisine. They also have regular promotions offered for group diners.

You can also check their facebook, twitter and instagram as well.

For reservations and corporate bookings pls call 09177067328