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KPIPA hosts the 2023 Visiting Korean Book Fair

Publishing Policy KPIPA hosts the 2023 Visiting Korean Book Fair 2023.03.13 Meet K-Book Content Outside Korea! - The Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (KPIPA) hosts the 2023 Visiting Korean Book Fair KPIPA has been running the Visiting Book Fair with an aim to expand the export of K-Book content, reinforce global competitiveness and support its advancement into new overseas markets, taking a step forward from the current export market limited to certain languages. The Visiting Korean Book Fair primarily supports the export of Korean publishing content through online video conferences with new international market participants and local B2B book fairs. Host regions and schedule for 2023 Country(Region) Japan(Asia) France(Europe) Thailand(Southe...

VOL.56 / 2023.03

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“PDF/POD” - Korean Publishing Market Develop into Diverse Formats

Publishing Industry “PDF/POD” - Korean Publishing MarketDevelop into Diverse Formats 2023.02.20 The interesting promotional text of a self-published e-book, How to Write a Profit Generating E-Book, by writer Yoo Sung-Woo says, “The secret to earning 500 million won with a 10-page PDF e-book” on the page of a crowdfunding platform Wadiz. The book successfully raised hundreds of million won of funding. Before the book was introduced to Wadiz, it was released on freelancer matching platforms, like Kmong, Taling, and Class 101, accumulating more than 500 million won in revenue. Though the book was not officially published in the market, and considering that selling 10,000 copies of a book was regarded as half of a success in the prolonged recession for publishers, an individual book recording such revenue was unprecedented. An increasing number of people collect and sell thei...

VOL.55 / 2023.02

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#AI

#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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Agency list

Agency List Agency list 2025.06.02 Abba Communication Ltd. Launched as a translation and interpretation agency in 204, Abba Communication (Abba here after) now also acts as a copyright agency. Abba supports young Korean publishers who are aspiring to build experiences in moving on to the international market, providing consultation on the way until they become global. Abba’s special forte is its excellent professional team with expertise in re-writing and/or editing synopses and introductions into texts both competitive and persuasive. Other services Abba provides include translating original materials and creating promotional texts. Focused Subjects LiberalArts : Biography, Management, Negotiation Contacts ? Kim jungsukE-mail : jskim@abbacomm.co.kr / Phone : +82-2-707-2103 / Regions : Asia, UK, USA ? Han-gyul GoE-mail : abba@abbacomm.co.kr / Phone : +82-2-707...

VOL.83 / 2025.06

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New Approaches to Education in the Korean Publishing Industry

Publishing Industry New Approaches to Education in the Korean Publishing Industry “It will work out somehow, as we’ve started!” 2023.01.02 The Foundation of the Book Publishing Industry in Korea There are a great many publishing houses in Korea. The number exceeds 70 thousand or falls to 2 thousand depending on how you approach the term “publishing.” Either way, the number is still quite a lot. The reason for this is that Korea has a very simple procedure for setting up a publishing company. All you have to do is declare your company type as “publishing” when registering it. As of the end of last year, the number of firms that reported their type as “publishing” to the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism was 71,319, including newspaper and magazine publishers. Among them, 2,026 were “general book publishers (paper media publishing).”1) The number increased to 2,7112) in the report issued in 2019. Also, the Publish...

VOL.54 / 2023.01

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A Season When Spring Blossoms Stir the Heart

Best Sellers A Season When Spring Blossoms Stir the Heart Best Seller Trends in the Three Biggest Online Bookstoresin Korea for the 2nd week of April, 2025 2025.05.07 It’s April in Korea, a season full of excitement as spring flowers bloom in cities and nature alike. As people flock to enjoy the short but intense season, more and more readers are turning to books to get in on the fun. Books as colorful as spring flowers have made their way onto the integrated best seller lists for the second week of April. For example, Kim Young-Ha’s new essay A Life, Once, which has been making waves since its release, quickly became the No.1 overall best seller. Kim described the book as “a book that can only be written once in a lifetime,” capturing the thoughts and feelings that Kim has accumulated from deep within himself. Although life is said to be unpredictable, unfair, and disorganized, Kim’s book offers a lighthearted yet sharp look at the only life we have. ...

VOL.82 / 2025.05

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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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Agency list

Agency List Agency list 2025.05.07 Abba Communication Ltd. Launched as a translation and interpretation agency in 204, Abba Communication (Abba here after) now also acts as a copyright agency. Abba supports young Korean publishers who are aspiring to build experiences in moving on to the international market, providing consultation on the way until they become global. Abba’s special forte is its excellent professional team with expertise in re-writing and/or editing synopses and introductions into texts both competitive and persuasive. Other services Abba provides include translating original materials and creating promotional texts. Focused Subjects LiberalArts : Biography, Management, Negotiation Contacts ? Kim jungsukE-mail : jskim@abbacomm.co.kr / Phone : +82-2-707-2103 / Regions : Asia, UK, USA ? Han-gyul GoE-mail : abba@abbacomm.co.kr / Phone : +82-2-707...

VOL.82 / 2025.05

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MCST Announces the 2022-2026 Publishing Industry Promotion Plan

Publishing Industry MCST Announces the 2022-2026 PublishingIndustry Promotion Plan Fostering K-Culture through Books and Building a Cultural Powerhouse through Publishing 2022.11.07 “Books” are the core content that has been with humanity for a long period of time. However, the domain of each type of content and the boundary between them have become unclear these days. Today, publishers are not just coming up with publishable content, but are expanding their business into e-books and audiobooks, not to mention other cultural fields such as the film, game, and music industries. As such, the publishing industry takes on different content-based roles, crossing the traditional frontier of “print books.”However, unlike the diversified channels for publishing content, readership is falling every year. People now prefer video services like TV, YouTube, and Netflix rather than books. The average annual percentage of Koreans reading books is 47.5...

VOL.52 / 2022.11

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Origins of Scientific Terms

New Books Origins of Scientific Terms How did science become “science”? 2025.04.07 Do you think that science and language are two different realms? And yet, the moment we understand and explain science, the power of language is already at work.How did scientific terms originate? This book takes you back to the moment when the concept of “science” first emerged to explore the nature of science.At the crossroads of the history of science and the history of concepts, you will come to a new understanding of how scientific terms are born. And, you will be able to understand language and science from a broader perspective, breaking away from any preconceptions! Time to dig into the language of science! The author traces the origins of 17 key scientific terms that we use every day without questioning. He also provides a...

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