u/PHBookClub

Hi all!

It’s been over a year since our last major update. The sub has almost 150k members now, so we’re rolling out several significant improvements to keep it organized and engaging. We’ve noticed that over the past few months, this space has devolved into just another Facebook marketplace, and we’re taking steps to bring back the sub’s true identity.

Here’s what’s new:

Navigation and Post Flairs

We’ve improved our post flairs to help you find the topics you care about most. In addition to the existing options, you may use these moving forward:

Seeking Recs versus Recommendation: Distinct tags to clarify when you’re asking for recommendations vs. giving them.
Publishing and Industry News: For book business discussions, such as canceled publications, acquisitions, or general publishing industry updates.
Filipiniana / Local Lit: Designed to help you easily discover local literature.
Book Destash / Swap: For decluttering, swapping, or giving away books for free. Strictly no buy-and-sell or monetary transactions.
Events and Festivals: Went to a book signing, fair, or literary festival? Tag updates, panels, or logistics here.
Community / Meetup: For organizing an in-person gathering or local get-together.
Book Club: When you want to start, promote, or join a book club.
Spoilers: To keep discussions spoiler-free.
Author Discussion: Deep dives into an author’s body of work or career updates.
Meme / Humor: For the laughs.
Book Haul: For your bookstore, MIBF, or PBF hauls.
Book Collection: To showcase your personal library or collection.
[Retired] Buy/Sell and Help Request: These flairs have been retired from public use. More on this below.

User Identity and Industry Flairs

We’ve reclassified user flairs to accurately reflect how you participate here. You can now select identifiers like Reader, Aspiring Writer, Student / Academic, Book Reviewer / Blogger, or Book Collector, and you can still edit the text to indicate your favorite genres.

If you’re an author or publishing professional, you may send us a Modmail so we can assign your official verification badge (such as Verified Author or Publishing Professional flairs). This helps readers easily identify trusted industry voices in the comments.

Rule Enforcement and Anti-Piracy

To protect the community and ensure our platform remains secure, we’re strictly enforcing the following:

Anti-Piracy Policy: As many of you noticed, the sub was temporarily put on restricted mode by Reddit on Sept. 4-6. Unmoderated piracy puts the entire community at immediate risk of being banned by Admins. To comply with Reddit-wide copyright policies and protect this space from being shut down, all links, requests, or mentions of shadow libraries and file-sharing websites are permanently blocked. The sub will no longer allow you to publish posts or comments containing known e-book piracy platforms.
Spam and Bot Control: We’ve implemented minimum account age and karma requirements to automatically filter out spam bots and malicious actors.

Megathreads Are Back

Look out for these dedicated recurring threads:

What Are You Reading This Week?: Quick check-ins on interesting titles you’re reading, or just general bookish chat. No hard rules. Posted every Monday morning.
Monthly Help Thread: Have questions about the legitimacy of an online bookstore? Ordering processes? Pasabuy questions? Minor e-reader issues? Drop them here. Posted on the 1st of every month.
Monthly Buy and Sell Thread: The only dedicated space for buying, selling, or trading books. Posted on the 1st of every month.
End-of-Month Wrap-Up Thread: Share what you’ve read throughout the month. Posted during the last week of each month.

New Monthly Features and Spotlights

We’re officially launching new initiatives to elevate the voices shaping contemporary Philippine literature:

Official AMAs: Once a month, we’ll host a featured guest — an author, translator, editor, or publishing executive — for an exclusive Q&A. We’ll share more about this next week.
Promotions Thread: A dedicated thread for local authors and publishers to promote their works without cluttering the main feed. Posted every 1st of the month at noon, this will help you find your next local read and discover hidden gems.
Visuals: Check out our new Subreddit Banner of the Month, which will constantly rotate to feature covers of local books. The subreddit logo will also be updated soon.

Community Inquiries and Collaborations

For publisher initiatives, event partnerships, and other non-commercial literary collaborations, please send a message via Modmail.

(Note: We do not accept sponsored posts, paid reviews, or commercial advertisements. Please use Reddit Ads for commercial campaigns.)

And that’s all! Thanks for your patience as we roll out these changes and clean up the feed. If you have any feedback, share it below!

What Are You Reading This Week? — 10/12/26–10/18/26

What Are You Reading This Week? — 10/5/26–10/11/26

What Are You Reading This Week? — September 21, 2026

We’ve moved to r/PHBookClub!