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#K-Book #AI KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform 2025.06.02 ChatGPT: the Great Transition 1. Publication Details Title | ChatGPT: the Great TransitionAuthor | Baek Seonhwan; Kim SuminPublisher | RH KOREA CO., LTDPublication Date | 2023-03-30ISBN | 9788925576756No. of pages | 408Dimensions | 152*225 2. Book Intro ChatGPT: the Great Transition- Who Will Be the Winner of the AI War? What will be the new outlook of our society changed by AI? Kim Sumin, a UX researcher at Samsung Electronics, is an AI expert who has continuously studied human-AI interactions. Baek Seonhwan, who works in the cloud business department at Amazon has broad knowledge and experience in the IT field, particularly in machine learning and data analysis.The two interactive AI experts describe basic knowledge, technolo...

VOL.83 / 2025.06

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#Children

#K-Book #Children KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform 2025.05.07 Somebody Believe the Baby Brush 1. Publication Details Title | Somebody Believe the Baby BrushAuthor | Bo-young Sim; Sang-hyo GilPublisher | BIR Publishing Co., Ltd.Publication Date | 2023-05-30ISBN | 9788949162522No. of pages | 100Dimensions | 148*215 2. Book Intro The pencil case is filled with whispering and talking among the writing tools who are obsessed with their owner Dami. This book brings you three stories of these pencils that will make you laugh!The 1st story_Somebody believes the baby brushIn the wee hours of the night, with its hair soaked in dark ink the little yellow brush must write 1,000 difficult characters. But there’s something else he actually wishes he could be writing!The 2nd story_Wrting & ErasingToday’s social stu...

VOL.82 / 2025.05

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KPIPA Attends the 2025 AFCC as the Country of Focus!

Info KPIPA Attends the 2025 AFCC as the Country of Focus! Korean picture books meet the world 2025.05.07 What is the Asia Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC)?It is Asia’s largest children’s content festival, an international event that brings together stakeholders in children’s and young adult literature, picture books, and content. 2025 AFCCPeriod: May 22 (Thu) ? May 25 (Sun), 2025Theme: DiscoveryVenue: National Library Building, SingaporeOrganizer: Singapore Book Council (SBC) At the 2025 AFCC, the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (KPIPA) will be organizing the Country of Focus pavilion! We will showcase Korean picture books to the world, with exhibitions of the 2024 Korea Picture Book Award and major overseas award-winning picture books, special exhibitions of invited authors, and online book readings by au...

VOL.82 / 2025.05

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Spring Blooms With Books: The Beginning of a New Semester

Best Sellers Spring Blooms With Books: The Beginning of a New Semester Best seller Trends in the Three Biggest Online Bookstoresin Korea for the 2nd week of March, 2025 2025.04.07 Though climate change is causing more extreme weather events, the season is coming to spring. In Korea, where winter and spring cross paths, it seems like everyone is busy preparing for the new semester after the winter vacation.As if to prove the staying power of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Han Kang’s Human Acts has reclaimed the top spot. It wasn’t the only novel that made a comeback. Yang Gui-Ja’s Contradictions, ranked No. 5 in the overall ranking, has been on the best seller list for months, creating a new boom. The novel, which has gone through 132 printings since its first publication in 1998, delicately depicts the life of Ahn Jinjin, a 25-year-old single woman whose life is full of contradictions. Another best seller, Adult Happiness is Quiet, which has been a consi...

VOL.81 / 2025.04

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Achievements of the “One City, One Book” Movement

Publishing Industry Achievements of the “One City, One Book” Movement 2022.10.04 Seosan-si selected and nominated Uncanny Convenience Store (Namu Bench) for the general public and A Child Who Climbed over a Wall (BIR) for children as books to read together during the “2022 Pan-Citizen One City, One Book Movement: The Book of the Year Proclamation Ceremony” held in the city hall’s situation room on Aug 10, 2022. In April, citizens of Seosan-si recommended a total of 54 books. The library’s steering committee reviewed the books, and two were nominated as the “Book of The Year.”The book Uncanny Convenience Store is a piece that depicts the joys and sorrows of our neighbors living in this harsh era from a warm and humorous perspective. The novel has a small convenience store on the corner of an alley as its background. Meanwhile, this year’s children’s book was A Child Who Climbed over a Wall, which gives its readers the strength and c...

VOL.51 / 2022.10

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The Adoption of the Public Lending Right, Requiring the Agreement of All Parties in the Publishing Industry

Publishing Industry The Adoption of the Public Lending Right,Requiring the Agreement of All Parties in the Publishing Industry 2022.09.05 An amendment of the Copyright Act proposed last April by a national assembly member of the Democratic Party of Korea, Kim Seung-Won, garnered the attention of stakeholders in the publishing industry. The amendment was about introducing the Public Lending Right (PLR) to Korea by amending the Copyright Act. The Public Lending Right is the right to be compensated for the expected loss of copyright by owners caused by book lending from libraries, and it is known as the PLR. Thirty-four EU member states adopted the right. A photo of a public library (Photo taken by photographer Lee Eui Jong) Copyright Act amendment gained much attention from the publishing industry’s stakeholders The introduction of the PLR will have a wide range of...

VOL.50 / 2022.09

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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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#Hope

#K-Book #Hope KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform 2025.04.07 The Giant’s Garden 1. Publication Details Title | The Giant’s GardenAuthor | Choi Jung-inPublisher | BOISFORETPublication Date | 2021-12-30ISBN | 9791187991182No. of pages | 56Dimensions | 181*247 2. Book Intro A girl who has trouble communicating with her friends goes on an adventure in the woods. She finds the garden of a giant she has heard about in rumors, and experiences inner growth and comfort through her encounter with the giant.A girl who is always outside looking in when she is with her friends enters the deep forest, led by a gentle voice. She finds a giant’s garden in the woods and makes pleasant memories in nature. When night falls, the girl is lonely. Just then, the giant speaks to her, and she shares all that is in her heart, fully expressing her feelings and reflecting on her inner se...

VOL.81 / 2025.04

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#Death

#K-Book #Death KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform 2025.03.10 A Solitary Death is a Social Murder 1. Publication Details Title | A Solitary Death is a Social MurderAuthor | Gwon Jong-hoPublisher | SANZINIPublication Date | 2023-02-20ISBN | 9791168611337No. of pages | 192Dimensions | 135*200 2. Book Intro Living alone, dying aloneThe number of solitary deaths is increasing every year due to changes in the family structure, with a growing number of one-person households and the level of disconnection among people. According to the first survey published in 2022, the number of solitary deaths increased by an average of 8.8% per year from 2017 to 2021. However, compared to the increasing number of solitary deaths, social awareness is extremely lacking, and no effective countermeasures have been developed. The sta...

VOL.80 / 2025.03

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Audiobook Platforms in Korea

Publishing Policy Audiobook Platforms in Korea 2022.08.01 Read books with your ears in your busy daily life! ? Audiobook platforms in Korea“From the joy of reading to the joy of listening” - We hereby introduce to you various audiobook platforms in Korea! Millie (www.millie.co.kr)? Books abounding in many fields? Provides an index of the readership that finished each book based on big data? Text and audio format simultaneously serviced#bigdata #paperbook_subscribe Welaaa (www.welaaa.com)? Enjoy audiobooks read lively by professional voice actors? Welaaa-made audiobooks? Audiobooks of popular webnovels#webnovels #Welaaa_made Naver Audio Clip (audioclip.naver.com)? Novels read like plays? Audiobooks read lively by various voice of celebrities? Some audiobooks available for free#various_content #voice_of_celebri...

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