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The “Anxiety of Youth” Crosses National Borders

Export Case   The “Anxiety of Youth” Crosses National Borders   2025.05.07   What defines independent publishing? As publishing formats diversify and formerly “self-published authors” begin to compete by starting their own publishing houses, the question of what constitutes independent publishing has become a hot topic. In the absence of objective indicators, independent publisher Balcony defines independent publishing as follows: publishing that can entice readers with its own narrative without large-scale capital investment. In this sense, Yeon Jeong’s Tomorrow’s Sun Will Rise, But What About Tonight? can be considered one of the clear success stories of independent publishing.Before it was published by Balcony in 2020, Tomorrow’s Sun Will Rise, But What About Tonight? was an independent publication that Yeon Jeong wrote as a palm-sized book and distributed on a small scale. The publisher at Balcony discovered the book, which had been dis...
  • VOL.82 / 2025.05
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Preview of the Jeonju International Picture Book Fair & 2025 K-Book Market in Seoul

Knowledge   Preview of the Jeonju International Picture Book Fair& 2025 K-Book Market in Seoul   2025.05.07                       From a picture book festival in Jeonju to a global copyright market in Seoul!The world’s eyes are on K-books! Here are two exciting events for picture book lovers and global publishers alike.   The 4th Jeonju International Picture Book Fair Period:  May 29-June 29, 2025 Venue:  Factory of Contemporary Art in Palbok and Wansan Library in Jeonju Content:  -  Various exhibitions, conferences, and lectures, including original art exhibitions by Korean and international picture book authors -  Exhibitions and sales of illustrations and picture books at art markets, book markets, and more -  Experi...
  • VOL.82 / 2025.05
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Export Support Projects of KPIPA in the First Half of 2025

Knowledge   Export Support Projects of KPIPA in the First Half of 2025 K-Books Go Global!   2025.03.10                   To promote the excellence of K-publishing content and various cultural exchanges, the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (KPIPA) has been actively supporting Korean books’ advancement into the global market.   The biggest international book fair in the English-speaking world: the London Book Fair (participant)Objective: Organize the “Korea Rights Centre” to support Korean books’ advancement into the English-speaking markets, as well as copyright export consultations and promotionDate: March 11 (Tue.) ? March 13 (Thu.), 2025Venue: Olympia London, UK   See you in Bologna in spring: the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (participant)Objective: Support Korean picture books to reach global children and organize an “Author...
  • VOL.80 / 2025.03
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The Power of K-Readers Over K-Books

Topic   The Power of K-Readers Over K-Books A Report from the 1st Busan International Children’s Book Fair   2025.01.06   The banner of the 2024 Busan International Children’s Book Fair     An international children’s book fair in Busan, Korea?   On November 28, the 1st Busan International Children’s Book Fair kicked off at BEXCO in Busan. As the first international children’s book fair to be held in Korea, it was themed on the imaginary land of Laputa, the floating kingdom in the sky that Gulliver traveled to in Gulliver’s Travels. The book fair attracted 193 exhibitors and 118 authors and speakers from 16 countries, including domestic and international publishers and organizations specializing in children’s books. Also, more than 150 side programs took place. All beginnings are both exciting and nerve-wracking. The fact that an international children’s book fair, symbolized by Bolo...
  • VOL.78 / 2025.01
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Spreading Its Wings To the World: The Seoul Letter Shop

Export Case   Spreading Its Wings To the World: The Seoul Letter Shop   2025.01.06   On October 12, 2023, I received an email from Shinwon Agency, Korea’s first copyright export agency. They wanted to meet me at the Frankfurt Book Fair. I was going to be there, so we agreed to meet on October 19. This was about a month after I had sent them a cold email looking for an export partner. Within that month, I sent them a cover letter for my publishing house, met with them to introduce my publication lineup, and passed on additional materials about the works they were interested in. Among them was a proposal for The Seoul Letter Shop (TXTY), including a synopsis.It felt interesting and fateful that two Korean companies would be meeting in Frankfurt on October 19, 2023, to talk about working together. Shinwon said that there was a lot of interest from Anglo-American partner agencies and offered an exclusive agreement for The Seoul Letter Shop. I was flabbe...
  • VOL.78 / 2025.01
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Poetry Collections: The Trend of the Era and the Compass of the Heart

Topic   Poetry Collections: The Trend of the Era andthe Compass of the Heart   2024.12.02   The rise of Korean poetry and its global takeoff   There have been a number of “unusual” scenes in Korean literature in recent years. If I told you that Korean poetry is at the center of it, would international readers believe me? The proportion of readers in their 20s and 30s buying poetry books is increasing. The share of teenagers is also increasing, not to mention the number of poetry books being published. It is no longer strange or unfamiliar to see people transcribing poems. There are even bookstores in Korea that sell only poetry books. It’s a curious thing. Haven’t we all moved on to YouTube, TikTok, and Netflix? The thing that’s being “unlocked” should be smartphones, not poetry books, isn’t it?The year 2024 is poised to be a monumental year in Korean literary history. It is 100 years since the publication of Chu Yo-Han’ first poetry collection Beau...
  • VOL.77 / 2024.12
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Korean Publishing Market’s Trends in 2024 and Outlook for 2025

Knowledge   Korean Publishing Market’s Trends in 2024 and Outlook for 2025   2024.12.02         Trends in 2024: Questioning life, fandoms, and Nobel Prize in Literature   Philosophy and psychology books have dominated the Korean publishing market, with Reading Schopenhauer at Forty (Uknowbooks) topping the overall bestseller list through August. Also, 11 of the 30 bestselling fiction titles in the first half of the year were “rebound” titles, meaning they were published more than 10 years ago. In addition, the nonfiction category returned to growth after 4 years of decline, and the cases of books becoming bestsellers after being recommended by celebrities increased.Reading Schopenhauer at Forty has continued to grow in popularity this year after being featured on a TV entertainment series last year. The autho...
  • VOL.77 / 2024.12
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The Art of Selling Books: Innovative Strategies by Korean Booksellers

Topic   The Art of Selling Books:Innovative Strategies by Korean Booksellers   2024.11.04   You will be able to find the figures for “reading preferences” in the results of the National Reading Survey conducted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism in Korea last year. It gives a hint to the “actual” reading population based on the ratio of people liking books. The overall reading rate covering paper books, e-books, and audio books was 95.8% for elementary, middle, and high school students and 43.0% for adults; the actual reading preferences turned out to be 39.6% for students and 18.3% for adults. The actual reading rate, which means readings done autonomously, is cut in half from the overall reading rate as the overall figure includes cases in which people have to read books for necessary reasons, such as for work or educational purposes. Why do people read books, but have very few “enjoyable” experiences reading them? Well, consi...
  • VOL.76 / 2024.11
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New Trends in Korean Literature

Export Case   New Trends in Korean Literature   2024.10.07   It’s important to be ahead of the pack in global publishing; to find the new trends and to be future looking in order to be successful. I have always been an explorer, a seeker of the new, while travelling professionally and personally, and that has led me to discover Korean literature more than a decade ago. The first books to break through were literary masterpieces Please Look After Mom (Changbi Publishers) by Shin Kyung-Sook and The Vegetarian (Changbi Publishers) by Han Kang. After the initial introduction of Korean books to global readers who had never heard of them, let alone read them, I introduced mysteries and thrillers which are already super popular in the World English and global markets. So, readers of Steig Larrsen’s mega-bestseller, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, devoured Jeong You-Jeong’s The Good Son (EunHaeng NaMu Publishing). J.M. Lee’s The Investigation (EunHae...
  • VOL.75 / 2024.10
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Korean Readers’ Picks in the First Half of 2024

Topic   Korean Readers’ Picks in the First Half of 2024   2024.09.02   According to the “2023 National Reading Survey” announced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism in Korea, the overall reading rate was observed to be 43.0%, the lowest since the survey was initiated in 1994. This means that 6 out of 10 adults don’t even read a single e-book or audiobook, let alone a paper book. The shrinking of the reading population, which forms the foundation for the publishing market, and the aging population have been issues in Korea for quite a long time. However, it was indeed a shocking figure for the publishing industry as it expected to see a steady increase in the reading population since it enjoyed a boom during the pandemic compared to other industries.In the first half of the year, the reduction in newly published titles, driven by a contracting publishing market, alongside the enduring popularity of long-time bestsellers, played a si...
  • VOL.74 / 2024.09
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