Bye Bye, Love: The UP Press Clearance Sale

Start:     Feb 13, '06
End:     Feb 17, '06
Location:     UPP store at Balay Kalinaw and the UPP printery in UP Diliman

The University of the Philippines Press (UPP) is holding a clearance sale this Valentine season from February 13 to 17, 2003. Books published in 2000 and earlier are on sale with discounts up to 80 per cent. Majority of the titles are available at half price. The week-long book sale called Bye Bye, Love is held at the UPP store at Balay Kalinaw and the UPP printery in UP Diliman.

Bye Bye, Love is UPP’s way of saying goodbye to some of its stock of well-loved and well-written literary and scholarly titles. The sale is held in preparation for the arrival of 15 new UPP titles to be launched on February 23.

In keeping with the Valentine season, UPP is offering two of its best-selling titles One Hundred Love Poems: Philippine Love Poetry Since 1905 edited by Gemino Abad and Alfred Yuson and Fourteen Love Stories edited by Jose Dalisay Jr. and Angelo Lacuesta at a special prize. Only a limited number of these titles are available, so buyers are encouraged to come early.

The sale is part of UPP’s series of special events leading to its anniversary celebration in March.

Comments

  1. mai .February 9, 2006 at 3:46 AM

    thanks for the tip, Jeneen!

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  2. bella lunaFebruary 11, 2006 at 6:22 PM

    Will they also have Filipino poetry books like those by Pete Lacaba? Sana no... I'm looking for them.

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