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[TREND / KNOWLEDGE]

Trends in the Publishing Market in the First Half of 2022

Publishing Industry   Trends in the Publishing Market in the First Half of 2022   2022.08.01   People are still reeling from the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has swept the world over the past three years. Korea has been rapidly taking actions to return people’s daily lives to how they were before the pandemic. Such efforts can be seen through major terms commonly used in news outlets, such as “endemic” and “post-COVID.” Also, in early June, the Seoul International Book Fair was held at COEX on a large scale after a three-year absence, attracting approximately 100 thousand visitors. What’s more, lectures and autograph signing events of writers that had halted due to the social distancing policy have begun to take place again. It also seems that publications, book sales, and book-related programs are beginning to revitalize.Books related to “endemic” include From Pandemic to Endemic (Dongasia Books), written by researchers at the Institute for ...
  • VOL.49 / 2022.08
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Collaboration of Reading Class at School and the Publishing Industry

Publishing Industry   Collaboration of Reading Class at Schooland the Publishing Industry The Impact of the "Reading One Book in a Semester" Program   2022.02.14   Before discussing Korean schools' reading education, “Reading One Book in a Semester” should come first. The program “Reading a Book in a Semester” is an educational method in the National Curriculum Revised in 2015. It is about reading a book a semester during Korean classes. This methodology was first applied to 3rd and 4th graders of elementary school and first-year students in middle and high school in 2018. From 2020, it was expanded to students from grades 3 to 12.Generally, “Reading One Book in a Semester” is conducted in around 12 to 17 classes per semester for Korean courses. Time for reading and relevant activities are included during the regular curriculum. Reading the same book in a group of 4 or 5 is the most common activity. Reading books in different ways comes next. Sometimes the ...
  • VOL.43 / 2022.02
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Audiobooks in Korea: Users and Service Providers

Audiobooks in Korea: Users and Service Providers Service and Content Providers in Busy Days with Market’s Growing Interest in Audiobooks   2021.04.05     In the previous March edition, we talked about the audiobook industry's current status in Korea and its prospects in 2021. Consumers and service providers play a pivotal role in expanding the market and business opportunities. Furthermore, it is meaningful to witness how they interact with each other in the audiobook ecosystem contributes to the industry’s healthy growth and maturity. In this April’s edition, let’s find what behaviors audiobook consumers have shown to the market.   Recently-made audio content enabling interaction among provider and users, providing a new-level of “experience”.   As the pandemic is not showing any signs of abating, more people are enjoying audiobooks at home instead of going to bookstores or libraries. In the previous edition, we introduced how “Wela...
  • VOL.33 / 2021.04
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Current status of each field in the Korean publishing market ⑨ Publication of Comics and Art

Current status of each field in the Korean publishing market ⑨ Publication of Comics and Art   2020.10.05         The prominent characteristics of publications in the fields of comics and art are strong visual elements, imagination, and artistic messages embedded within. The traditional landscape of comics publications in Korea has significantly changed due to the evolution of ICT technologies and smartphones. Yet, webcomics (online comics) have noticeably risen above the surface and taken the center of comics distribution. However, fine comics that gained popularity on the webcomics platform and have gotten their artistic value recognized are often officially published as paper comics. Books in the art field come in different genres and types, ranging from academic books for fine art, design, music, plays, movies, and fashion, to popular practical books such as a guide for exams and coloring books as a pastime activity. Comics and art publications are usuall...
  • VOL.27 / 2020.10
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Korean Picture Books Today

Topic   Korean Picture Books Today Closing the 2023 Korea Picture Book Award   2024.01.02   In November 2023, the winners of the first Korea Picture Book Award, organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (KPIPA), were announced. Eight titles and publishers were honored in the grand prize, special prize, and rookie prize categories for fiction and nonfiction. Considering the size of the prize and the diverse range of winning titles, it was a good start for a new award system. The “picture book” genre is not yet fully established in the Korean publishing industry. For example, in large bookstores, “picture books” are placed in a subcategory of the pre-school category. However, the fact that we were able to clearly recognize “picture books” as a single artistic genre and reach a consensus in the screening process to organize an “award for picture books” is thanks to the strong...
  • VOL.66 / 2024.01
[TREND / ONE-LINER QUOTES]

Korean Theatre Director’s Pick

One-Liner Quotes   Korean Theatre Director’s Pick   2023.05.02     The first book I would like to introduce is For Teenagers Asking About Peace and Reunification (Seohaemunjip), by Jung Wook-Sik. Writer Jung is a peace activist that studies a nuclear-free world and peace by establishing a peace network and spreading its values. The illustrations were drawn by illustrator JUNO.I have been making original plays based on history. I believe that you can find grounds for problems that remain unresolved today through history, and find clues for the future. In particular, the division of the Korean peninsula is one of the issues that I want to touch upon as a creator. In this context, this book provides easy explanations about things that we know vaguely about, or have no knowledge of, by starting with a question, “Can we become happier if the two Koreas are reunited?” Being familiar with something or things being obvious...
  • VOL.58 / 2023.05
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The “Healing Fiction” Fever

Topic   The “Healing Fiction” Fever Trending: Fiction With the Theme of Healing Space   2022.10.04   Because I work in a book review team in a press agency, I meet dozens of books every week. And, recently, novels with similar designs and colors caught my attention, and I collected them on one side of the office. Then, one day, one of my colleagues from another team came to say hello, saw the stacks, and asked, “What are they? Are they a series?” Oh, yes. They may appear to belong to the same series, as they are so similar - in terms of atmosphere, not context. Every book seems to be indistinguishable from the others. Their warm color tone, and the “thing.” They all have some “house” drawn on their covers. So, even though people say that this is the generation of non-book-readers, I thought that it was worthy enough to write an article about this phenomenon as there must be a reason for their commonality.In fact, articles about this trend have been around...
  • VOL.51 / 2022.10
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Looking Back on the 65th Seoul International Book Fair in 2022

Topic   Looking Back onthe 65th Seoul International Book Fair in 2022 From a Half Step to a Full Step   2022.08.01   In January 2020, the world slowly came to a stop. As people stopped moving around for fear of contaminating others with COVID-19, the speed and scale of people’s movement dwindled. Of course, that is what it seemed like from the surface. However, all living things never stop moving. Life is a vibrant movement. To stay alive, one has to rapidly absorb objects and energy from outside, consume them inside, and release them outside. One stops when not flowing. In other words, it might have seemed that the movement stopped from the outside, but the swirl of power coming from materials and energy grows stronger as the space they move in shrinks. Before that power breaks everything in the way, people must open up a path.For the past two years, the Seoul International Book Fair has tried to open up a small path for people who have stopped moving. Physical...
  • VOL.49 / 2022.08
[INTERVIEW / KOREAN PUBLISHERS]

Darambooks Publishing: Approaching Korean Literature with a Fresh Perspective CEO Park Hye-jin, a Former News Anchor Turned Publisher

Korean Publishers   Darambooks Publishing: Approaching Korean Literature with a Fresh PerspectiveCEO Park Hye-jin, a Former News Anchor Turned Publisher     2026.03     What is the unique charm found within a book? A journalist who once led the main news for South Korea’s public broadcaster has embarked on a new challenge through books. This is the story of CEO Park Hye-jin, a former MBC news anchor. Darambooks is a house that communicates deeply with readers about the events and social phenomena that Korean society must not forget. Through CEO Park Hye-jin, we explore how Darambooks engages with the world and views society through its diverse catalog—from social issues seen through a journalist’s lens to works of science fiction.   Darambooks Publi...
  • VOL.92 / 2026.03
[INTERVIEW / KOREAN AUTHORS]

Writer Jung Dae-Gun

Korean Authors   Writer Jung Dae-Gun Different in Form, Yet Always a “Story”   2025.09.04   Human language is generally used for two purposes: to convey information or to spread stories. Both have a profound impact on our lives. If the former is essential for survival and progress, the latter is indispensable for finding meaning in life. It is because our lives themselves become stories, and the empathy gained through them forms the basis for understanding others. The following is an interview with writer Jung Dae-Gun, who conveys this uniquely human language of empathy in diverse and distinctive styles.   (Source: Kim Seo-Hae)     It’s an honor to have you with us on K-Book Trends. Please say hello to our readers and introduce yourself briefly.   Hello, I’m novelist Jung Dae-Gun. I once worked on documentary and feature films, but now I am fully devoted to writing novels. I’m...
  • VOL.86 / 2025.09
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