FTAP~SVP Publishing

FTAP~SVP Publishing

History

The company started in 2014 when Francis Tom A. Paredes accomplished the copyright for his first book entitled Sinurigao: Pormada, Tunada, Plasatada, Pasabot. He then decided to have his own publishing instead of having his magnum opus published by other publishing house. From the first edition of Sinurigao, they published its fourth edition in April 2016. The research paper of the said book has been presented in various language and linguistics conferences like 12^th Philippine Linguistics Conference by the UP Diliman, 2^nd Sanrokan by Romblon State University, 2^nd International Paper Presentation on Language and Linguistics together with his paper on Language Used by Aspirants in the 2016 SSG Elections: English or Mother Tongue? by University of Southeastern Philippines, 9^th Free Linguistics Conference by the Linguistics Society of the Philippines and Dela Salle Univeristy, Asian Conference on Multidisciplinary Research for Higher Education by IAMURE, and Language Kultura and Integration of Technology (LangKIT2016) with their paper of his wife entitled Ako Unta is not equal to I hope: Understanding Sinurigao Modals by the Mindanao State Univeristy, Marawi City.

His paper entitled Impact of Mother Tongue-Based Language of Instruction in Learning English Grammar was presented in 11th International Conference on Bilingual Studies by Chiang Kai Shek University in February 2015 and published in their journal, and the same paper was accepted for presentation in the 2016 Linguistics Society of the Philippines National Conference and General Meeting and will be presented for poster presentation at the Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching by the National Taiwan University for Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC on April 14-15, 2016.

In March 2016, Mr. Norberto G. Betita, MBA pmed FTAP on publishing and printing his magnum opus entitled To Never Give Up. The deal was closed. At the same moment, FTAP after learning from Betita’s layout, had his autobiography entitled Titot nan Surigao printed and published.

The humble of beginnings of FTAP-SVP Publishing was not to earn much money but to help the Surigaonons intellectualize and strengthen their Sinurigao by publishing books of language and literary arts the way the authors wrote it. No edits to preserve the intellectual rights of the authors who enthusiastically contributed to the products of the company.

The company continues to serve the Surigaonons in various places with a team of four, Ranzi Sean, Alvin, Sheila and Titot.

Objectives:

1.      Help the Surigaonons intellectualize and strengthen their Sinurigao;

2.      Help Surigaonon authors print and publish their magnum opus at a reasonable and marketable price.

Written by: FTAParedes