Book places here in Cebu

[roribarori]

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mao ba? sayanga gud...
the place is a bit cramped though... perhaps they should have removed the computers and market solely to the coffee drinkers and readers...
too bad...

a friend was just telling me about Borders... a cafe somewhere in the us... where you get the same format... coffee and books and magazines... tons of 'em...
in short... heaven

i hope some other entrepreneur tries this out again and succeed... dont forget the comfortable furniture

[josephdc]

yeah, it would really be great if someone could put up a similar place: a cafe/ library/ book club...

i dreamed of having this kind of business before. i hope i can start one in the future... =)

[astroboyreal]

wala naman cafe intelleto sa mango square dha raba ko tig internetan na haha

[vemp]

Maybe they closed na. I wanted to go there before pero layo man then I have no time. Maybe they closed kasi Filipinos aren't that into reading, maybe a few but not much. These days I just get my "books" online na lang, much cheaper. But nothing beats holding a real book.

[kiwiboy]

mao pud.... wala nay time to read books... peru pag text, 24/7... tsk.tsk.tsk

[wak_wak]

close na sila, tag iya ani is cuzin sa ako cuzin.. ask nya ko niya if asa or naa paba plan mu open balik iya untie.. usa sya sa gabantay didto b4..

[Ms.Beau]

yeah, it would really be great if someone could put up a similar place: a cafe/ library/ book club...

i dreamed of having this kind of business before. i hope i can start one in the future... =)

This is one of my dream businesses, too. Perhaps a good way is to start an informal book club?

[cmontoya]

@wak_wak: It might be useful to ask why they closed in the first place? The first thing that came to my mind when I read this thread was, "Do Filipinos really need a cafe to read any literarature?" I used to be a chain reader of sci-fi and fantasy novels (second hand or brand new) and I read them during class breaks, before going to bed, while waiting in line or plain waiting for something or someone, etc. I visited Kahayag in Mabolo and they no longer provide books for free reading. Maybe a better business would be a study center although I also don't know if it's profitable or not.

[maia_79]

Cafe Intelleto had a nice concept. Sadly though, not too many appreciated it ..... not enough to sustain business... but maybe if they moved to a better location they could do better business...just a thought..

[cmontoya]

@maia_79: I was thinking along the same line yesterday. I think SM or Ayala would have been a better location because husbands and long-time boyfriends who are bored waiting for their wives and GFs to finish shopping could have a place to read and drink coffee. Of course, this means that books would have to be male oriented (and I don't mean girly magazines) but rather business books, computer books, military history, etc.