Miriam gets Bestseller Award

MANILA, Philippines - National Book Store bestowed on Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago the Certified Bestseller Award for her book, Stupid is Forevermore, during the meet-and-greet event held on Oct. 13, which was attended by hundreds of her cheering fans. The book, sequel to Stupid is Forever, was released last June 15 on Sen. Miriam’s 70th birthday. Since then, it has sold over 120,000 copies nationwide and has since been No. 1 in the Bestsellers List of National Book Store.

Stupid is Forever meanwhile, has broken records with sales of over 450,000 copies in only eight months. Stupid is Forever and Stupid is Forevermore contain Miriam’s clever one-liners, pick-up lines and moving speeches. Both books are published by ABS-CBN Publishing, Inc., publisher of the country’s best-selling books. In photo are (from left) Linda Lahaylahay, operations manager of National Book Store, Ernie Lopez, president of ABS-CBN Publishing, Sen. Miriam and Mark Yambot, managing editor of ABS-CBN Publishing.