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The Influence and Application of AI Translators on the Publishing Industry and the Import and Export of Copyrights

Topic The Influence and Application of AI Translators onthe Publishing Industry and the Import and Export of Copyrights 2024.04.01 AI technology is advancing rapidly and transforming the way we work. These technological developments are affecting many areas of our lives, and the publishing industry is no exception. The use of Neural Machine Translation (NMT), such as Google Translate, which emerged in 2017, as well as Naver’s Papago, DeepL, and Microsoft Translator, is growing dramatically, and the publishing industry is joining this technological trend. Its use is expanding from simple business emails to book introductions, copyright marketing materials, subtitles for book trailers, speech-to-text technology, and more. This means that a fundamental shift in working tools and business structures is taking place. This article examines the influence of AI on the publishing industry from an editor’s perspective. ...

VOL.69 / 2024.04

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Korean Literature in the American Market

Export Case Korean Literature in the American Market 2024.04.01 I began translating Yun Ko-eun for a literary translation workshop in 2015, as an undergraduate at Princeton University. Little did I know at the time that ten years later, I would still be translating Yun’s work. The Disaster Tourist (Minumsa), her first novel to be published in English, came out with Counterpoint Press in 2020. Her short story collection Table for One (Munji Publishing)–Yun’s debut publication, which was released in Korea in 2008–will come out in English with Columbia University Press in April of this year. I’m now working on a third book translation of Yun’s forthcoming novel Art on Fire (EunHaeng NaMu Publishing), and I hope to continue working with her for years to come. Korean (left) and English (right) covers of The Disaster Tourist The publication timeline for my translations was affected by the ...

VOL.69 / 2024.04

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Recent Status of Korean Webnovels

Knowledge Recent Status of Korean Webnovels 2024.04.01 The size and the current status of the market The webnovel industry, which was officially recognized in 2013 with the NAVER Webnovel Contest, has nearly doubled every year since then - expanding to a market worth 1 trillion won by 2024. It has firmly established itself as one of the pillars of the Korean content market alongside webtoons. Media mixing is actively taking place through the content value chain centered on Kakao and Naver, and this potential has attracted many creators to take on the challenge of writing webnovels full of dreams.According to the “2022 Status Survey of the Webnovel Industry” published by the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (KPIPA) in 2023, the number of webnovel users in Korea was estimated at 5.87 million, and the estimated revenue of the entire webnovel industry was w...

VOL.69 / 2024.04

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How Book Club Platforms Captivate Readers

Topic How Book Club Platforms Captivate Readers 2024.03.11 It is the age of communities. From sneaker manufacturers to franchise cafes, companies are putting as much effort into building communities as they are into making things. Gathering loyal fans in one place to generate buzz and feedback has become a proven business strategy in an environment where we are bombarded with information and products. The publishing industry is no exception. Publishers and bookstores are opening cafes and book clubs, creating apps, and publishing newsletters. They reward book club members with exclusive editions of books and merchandise to give them a sense of belonging, or even let them choose the cover design of a new book.Beyond the business strategy of the publishing industry, the importance of book-reading communities is growing every day in the overall book culture ecosystem. There is something contagious about people’s activities. If you are surround...

VOL.68 / 2024.03

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Publishers and YouTube: Current Status and the Future

Knowledge Publishers and YouTube: Current Status and the Future 2024.03.11 Publishers start their own YouTube channels When Minumsa first started YouTube in early 2019, YouTube’s influence was already at its peak, with teenagers perceiving it as synonymous with the internet, and creators being at the top of children’s future career lists. In the Korean publishing industry, the term “YouTube-seller” emerged, with books introduced on YouTube becoming bestsellers. Naturally, it became the main task of publishing marketers to find influential booktubers to advertise or endorse new books. In order to proactively respond to this environment, many large and well-funded publishers have started to launch and operate their own YouTube channels.At this point, most publishers’ YouTube channels can be char...

VOL.68 / 2024.03

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2020-2022 Bestsellers: Korean Humanities Books

Publishing Policy 2020-2022 Bestsellers: Korean Humanities Books 2024.01.02 Korean Humanities Bestsellers for 2020 - 2022Explore Korean humanities books that will inspire your life with rich knowledge and refined ideas! 2020 1 Broad and Shallow Knowledge for Intellectual Conversation: 0 2 You’re Always Right 3 When I Don’t Know What I Really Want 4 Broad and Shallow Knowledge for Intellectual Conversation: 1 5 Seol Min-seok's Romance of the Three Kingdoms 1 6 A Book for Highly Sensitive People 7 Seol Min-seok'...

VOL.66 / 2024.01

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Marketing in Korean Bookstores: Recovered Editions & Book-funding

Publishing Industry Marketing in Korean Bookstores:Recovered Editions & Book-funding Faster and unlike anyone else 2023.12.04 “Faster and unlike anyone else” - this is a phrase from a popular Korean song. No item is exempt from this rule, but it is a hot topic in the Korean publishing and distribution market. Because of the fixed book price system, price competition among retailers is impossible in Korea. Shipping competition, which was fierce in the early days of online bookstores, has also faded. This is because there is not much difference in the delivery speed between bookstores. Competition for merchandise is still fierce but less so than before for various reasons, including readers’ fatigue with merchandise and rising production costs. So, how can bookstores promote their books “faster and unlike anyone else”?There are two ways that stand out - recovered limit...

VOL.65 / 2023.12

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Korean Libraries’ Various Book-reading Activities and Cooperation Efforts with the Publishing Industry

Publishing Industry Korean Libraries’ Various Book-reading Activitiesand Cooperation Efforts with the Publishing Industry 2023.11.06 Libraries are public service organizations that are easily accessible to anyone in their daily lives when it comes to reading activities. The Korean Library Act also defines a library as a place that contributes to the promotion of reading culture based on library materials. After the Korean government designated 1993 as the “Year of Books,” the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and publishing organizations carried out vigorous campaigns to promote reading among the public. They pushed for the enactment of the “Reading Promotion Act (tentative title)” as a basis for more systematic and continuous promotion. In the process, as discussions progressed with the library co...

VOL.64 / 2023.11

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2020-2022 Bestsellers: Korean Picture Books

Publishing Policy 2020-2022 Bestsellers: Korean Picture Books 2023.11.06 2020-2022 Bestsellers: Korean Picture Books.Let’s see which books have been loved by children, and which books have caught the world’s attention! 2020 1 Magic Candies 2 The Bath Fairy 2 Carrot Kindergarten 4 Moon Sherbet 5 The Strange Mom 6 Cloud Bread 7 The Watermelon Pool 7 I Am a Dog 9 We’ll Always Be Together Again ...

VOL.64 / 2023.11

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Bookshelves are Going into TVs!

Publishing Industry Bookshelves are Going into TVs! The collaboration of picture book content andIPTV companies seen through the case of the “Digital Book Service” 2023.10.04 The background and purpose of expanding publishing content into IPTV content The logo of U+ Kids Service serviced by LG U+ In 2017, LG U+, the company I’m working for, launched a service for children for the first time called “U+ Kids Service.” The biggest challenge we faced while preparing the service was the difference between what children want to watch and what parents want to show them. In fact, when I interviewed customers, I often heard, “When we started raising children, we got rid of the TV at home and put a bookcase in the living room in place of the T...

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