MANILA — Members of the Philippine press are entitled to a 10-percent discount on all books at Bound Bookshop, a bookstore in Quezon City owned and operated by journalists.

“All our colleagues have to do is present their press cards to us and we will give them discounts,” said Carlos Conde, one of the owners of the store who also writes for international publications.

Bound Bookshop (www.boundbookshop.com) is located at 105-A Scout Castor St., Laging Handa, in Quezon City, fronting 7-11 along Morato Avenue. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (www.nujp.org) holds office above the bookstore.

Conde said the discount promo for journalists, which runs until October 18, is just one of the promotions Bound Bookshop has planned in the coming weeks. “We have lined up discount promos for bloggers, writers, wellness enthusiasts, educators, children, among others,” he said.

Meanwhile, Conde urged his colleagues to sell their old books by consigning these to Bound Bookshop. They can also donate these books to the NUJP, which has programs helping journalists and the families of those killed in the line of duty.

Aside from books, Bound also sells previously owned but original music CDs (which can also be consigned at the store), video documentaries and gift items.

Bound’s new and previously owned books include titles on politics, current events, history, media and journalism, fiction and literature, gender issues and sexuality, self-help, inspirational, children’s literature, and Filipino books.

It is open Monday to Saturday, from 9 am to 9 pm. For inquiries, call 4117768 and 09082435195. Check out www.boundbookshop.com for more information or email us at boundbookshop@gmail.com for a list of the books available.

Among the books on journalism and media available at Bound (author, title, type and price):
Arthur Gelb. City Room. Soft Cover. P400.00
Chris Ayres. War Reporting For Cowards. Soft Cover. P500.00
David Wallis. Killed: Great Journalism Too Hot To Print. Soft Cover. P800.00
Seth Mnookin Hard News. Hard Cover. P500.00
Pete Hamil. A Drinking Life. Hard Cover. P300.00
Richard M. Clurman. Beyond Malice: The Media’s Years Of Reckoning. Soft Cover. P200.00
Robert Wiener. Live From Baghdad. Soft Cover. P400.00
Richard McCord. The Chain Gang. Hard Cover. P200.00
Bruce Sanford. Don’t Shoot The Messenger. Hard Cover. P600.00
Ben Hecht. A Child Of The Century. Soft Cover. P500.00
Julia Edwards. Women Of The World. Hard Cover. P300.00
James Fallows . Breaking The News . Hard Cover. P500.00
Bob Woodward. The Secret Man. Hard Cover. P400.00
Rachel E. Khan. Prize Journalism. Hard Cover. P850.00
Kenneth T. Walsh. Feeding the Beast. Hard Cover. P300.00
Renata Adler. One: Last Days Of New Yorker. Hard Cover. P400.00
Leonard Garment . In Search Of Deep Throat. Soft Cover. P500.00
Patricia Edgar. The Politics Of The Press. Soft Cover. P100.00
Edwin Diamond. The Media Show: The Changing Face Of The News. Hard Cover. P300.00
Howard Kurtz. Media Circus: The Trouble With America’s Newspaper. Soft Cover. P300.00
Adrian Havill. Deep Truth: The Lives Of Bob Woodward And Carl Bernstein. Hard Cover. P300.00
Elizabeth Lyon. A Writer’s Guide To Nonfiction. Soft Cover. P200.00