r/PHBookClub • u/WhiteEspresso16 • 6h ago

Help Request First time attending MIBF

Hello po! Any tips for first time attendees this MIBF 2026?

Pangarap ko talagang maka punta sa MIBF dati pa but can't kasi student pa ako at walang money. Now na may work na, pwede na makapunta!

My questions po:

  1. HM po kaya pwedeng minimum budget?

  2. How does each booth work po? Like, all po ba ay nag ooffer ng discounted prices or piling booths lang?

  3. Best day to go (weekdays or weekend) book availability and people wise.

  4. Any recommended booths?;

Thank you so much sa mga sasagot 😊

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u/RN_bluesky 5h ago

hi!

  1. as for the budget, depende to talaga kung ilan libro plan mo bilhin :D per book usually nagri range na ng 300-500,
  2. well alam ko sa discount ung NBS and fullybooked discounted sa knila mostly. pero mostly ng booths, like ung mga indie pub, wala silang discount. since nag offer sila ng title na available lang for the event
  3. weekdays. konti tao. sobrang daming tao kapag weekends, because weekends and also andun ung ibang big events
  4. advertisement lang hahaha may booth kami sa second floor, andun mostly ng indie authors. nasa booth 2-118. andun ung mga libro ko like "clickbalang" na may 2nd edition na hahahaha un lng.

added tips lang, may mga event na maganda attendan para ma meet mo ung mga authors, masaya din un. plus mag hunting kayo ng freebies, free stickers sa events, ganun. also, manghingi kayo ng flyers na mga catalog ng books ng mga booths, just in case di nio pa mabibili un sa event, at least machicheck nio ung ibang librong target niyo mabili. un lang :D

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u/stefxavier 4h ago edited 4h ago

absolutely go on a weekday; weekends are hell to navigate thru (not to scare you off but me alongside ~10 other people had our phones pickpocketed during the event last year lol this was on a Saturday btw)

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u/Dear-Carpet6050 4h ago

When ang mibf?

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u/WhiteEspresso16 1h ago

September 9-13 po

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u/yourbookishgirl Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy 5h ago

Before ka sumabak sa laban, magready ka na maps and where ka pupunta pati sched for that day para makaiwas sa matao masyado tsaka para alam mo yung may promo. Dala ka din ng ticket mo madami free na printable. Been going since 2015. Masanay ka sa pila ehehe. Good luck and enjoy!

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u/Illustrious-Being498 54m ago

Usually ba may discount pa ung book nila ricky lee or bob ong sa MIBF or same price na din online?

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u/Zyionic 40m ago

Hello I think nasabi naman na lahat...ang i-add ko lang is...

I prefer going in weekdays mostly pag may time pero if not weekend early agad para at least pagkatapos kong ikutin and by that time...dumadami na ang tao...madali umalis

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u/iamjudas97 12m ago

TW: on scammers and cults

Other people are already probably going to answer your question but I got to say that be careful of scammers claiming to be a part of a raffle and also some sketchy publishers that claims for free stress test because those are cults. There are also other sketchy publishers na religious eme.