Kikomachine Komix Blg. 5 out now!!! -- UPDATED

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Kikomachine Komix Blg. 5
"Alab Ng Puso Sa Dibdib Mo'y Buhay!"
Creator: Manix Abrera
ISBN: 971-05450-0-0
B&W comic strip compilation
SRP: P125.00

Bobong Pinoy for Dummies

Update on Bob Ong's Frequently Asked Questions:

Q: Totoo bang may E-book version ang mga libro ni BO?
A: Kung meron man, ilegal na mga kopya; walang kabayaran na natatanggap si BO at walang donasyon na napupunta sa mga organisasyon na umaasa sa tulong ng mga mambabasa. Hindi sinusuportahan ni BO ang E-books dahil aksaya lang sa natural resources ang pagkain nito ng kuryente. Sa pagtangkilik ng E-books, tinatalikuran mo ang pagkakataong makatulong sa mga kapuspalad, ninanakawan mo maging ang likas na yaman ng planeta, at pinagkakaitan mo ng pasasalamat ang isang poging Filipino author. Hindi ka cool, at bagay sayo ang pangalang Lucifer.

Q: Hindi ko naman yata nabasa sa mga libro ni BO yung mga quotations na umiikot ngayon sa text at email; kanya ba talaga yon?
A: Hindi. Minsan korni si BO, minsan jologs. Pero pag sabay na korni at jologs ang quote, di sa kanya yon. Simula ngayon ang magpasa ng maling text may hadhad. Game!

Read (and enjoy) the rest of it here :)

Bob Ong is...

busy with his new enterprise:

and his latest book:

"10 Big Myths about copyright explained"

by Brad Templeton

An attempt to answer common myths about copyright seen on the net and cover issues related to copyright and USENET/Internet publication.

1) If it doesn't have a copyright notice, it's not copyrighted.
2) If I don't charge for it, it's not a violation.
3) If it's posted to Usenet it's in the public domain.
4.) My posting was just fair use!
5) If you don't defend your copyright you lose it. -- Somebody has that name copyrighted!
6) If I make up my own stories, but base them on another work, my new work belongs to me.
7) They can't get me, defendants in court have powerful rights!
8) Oh, so copyright violation isn't a crime or anything?
9) It doesn't hurt anybody -- in fact it's free advertising.
10) They e-mailed me a copy, so I can post it.
11) So I can't ever reproduce anything?

Note that this is an essay about copyright myths. It assumes you know at least what copyright is -- basically the legal exclusive right of the author of a creative work to control the copying of that work.

Good news? Bad news?

Please be advised that our titles for release for 2009 has already been filled-up and closed.

Expect the following titles in your suking bookstores by the first quarter of the year:

- Kikomachine Komix Blg. 5 "Alab Ng Puso Sa Dibdib Mo'y Buhay!"

- Trese No. 3, the third and last (???) installment

- Bob Ong's [surprisa!!!]

- A horror/suspense novel from Visprint's newest author, G. M. Coronel

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We have opened 2 more slots for the 2010 release to NEW visprint authors/creators. Interested parties, see our Submission Guidelines here.

Reminder though, the list do get filled-up pretty fast.